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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1946-01-30 1946-01-30
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1953-10-03 1974-06-18
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1953-10-03 1974-06-18
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-07-20 1974-06-18
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1953-10-03 1974-06-18
Nutrient Water-quality 1953-10-03 1974-06-18
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1945-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1946-03-28 2023-01-31
n/a Site Visits 1941-10-22 2024-07-17
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2021-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02479500 is associated with a Stream in Mobile County, Alabama. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1941 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02479500 n/a
Site name
ESCATAWPA RIVER NEAR WILMER, AL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 305144 n/a
DMS longitude 0882504 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.8624092 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.417792 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Alabama 01
State
Alabama 01
County
Mobile County 097
Country US n/a
Land net location description S19 T02S R04W S n/a
Name of location map HOWELL, MS n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 48.08 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .16 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03170008
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
511.00 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 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

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