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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1990-10-04 2005-09-06
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1990-10-04 1990-10-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1990-10-04 1990-10-04
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1990-10-04 1992-04-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1990-10-04 1992-04-20
Microbiological Water-quality 1990-10-04 1990-10-04
Nutrient Water-quality 1990-10-04 1990-10-04
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1990-10-04 1990-10-04
Organics, other Water-quality 1990-10-04 1992-03-05
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1990-10-04 1992-03-05
Physical Unit Values, Water-quality 1990-10-04 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1990-10-04 1990-10-04
n/a Peak Measurements 2001-08-31 2023-09-16
n/a Site Visits 2001-03-01 2024-06-12
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2007-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02461130 is associated with a Stream in Jefferson County, Alabama. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1990 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02461130 n/a
Site name
VALLEY CREEK AT CENTER ST AT BIRMINGHAM, AL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 333020.78 n/a
DMS longitude 0865011.24 n/a
Decimal latitude 33.5057722 n/a
Decimal longitude -86.8364556 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Alabama 01
State
Alabama 01
County
Jefferson County 073
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map BIRMINGHAM NORTH, AL n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 544.65 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03160112
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
20161220 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20170103 n/a
Drainage area
7.00 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 7.00 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number AL76 n/a

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