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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1973-02-07 1981-09-02
Information Water-quality 1973-08-07 1995-06-29
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1958-08-01 1995-06-29
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1958-08-01 1995-06-29
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-11-17 1995-06-29
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1958-08-01 1995-06-29
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-10-02 1995-06-29
Nutrient Water-quality 1958-08-01 1995-06-29
Organics, other Water-quality 1971-11-17 1981-09-02
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1971-11-17 1971-11-17
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1958-08-01 1995-06-29
Population/Community Water-quality 1974-08-21 1981-09-02
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-10-16 1981-09-02
Sediment Water-quality 1973-11-27 1995-06-29
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02479020 is associated with a Stream in George County, Mississippi. Water data back to 1958 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02479020 n/a
Site name
PASCAGOULA RIVER NR BENNDALE, MS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 305241 n/a
DMS longitude 0884630 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.87805556 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.775 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Mississippi 28
State
Mississippi 28
County
George County 039
Country US n/a
Land net location description SES 22T02S R08W S n/a
Name of location map 354B AVENT n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 16.17 feet n/a
Method altitude determined U n/a
Altitude accuracy 5.0 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03170006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
6680 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 6680 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 n/a