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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2002-04-09 2002-07-29
Information Water-quality 1990-08-29 2005-09-22
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1990-11-06 2001-06-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1990-08-29 2004-09-27
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1990-11-06 2001-06-04
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1990-11-06 2001-06-04
Microbiological Water-quality 1990-08-29 2004-09-27
Nutrient Water-quality 1990-10-02 2004-09-27
Organics, other Water-quality 1996-10-30 2004-09-27
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1990-06-22 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1992-02-04 1995-05-10
n/a Peak Measurements 1991-05-10 2023-04-13
n/a Site Visits 1990-07-18 2024-07-17
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02479945 is associated with a Stream in Mobile County, Alabama. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height 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
02479945 n/a
Site name
BIG CREEK AT COUNTY RD 63 NEAR WILMER, AL. n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 305121 n/a
DMS longitude 0882002 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.85601968 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.3338988 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 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 125.15 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 YNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
31.48 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 31.48 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

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