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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2005-09-20 2005-09-20
Microbiological Water-quality 2005-09-20 2005-09-20
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2003-08-14 2024-11-23
n/a Peak Measurements 2004-09-15 2023-01-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02481299 is associated with an Estuary in Jackson County, Mississippi. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 2003 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02481299 n/a
Site name
OLD FORT BAYOU AT OCEAN SPRINGS, MS n/a
Site type
Estuary
ES
DMS latitude 302509 n/a
DMS longitude 0884941 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.41916667 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.8280556 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
Jackson County 059
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWS 19T07S R08W S n/a
Name of location map 394B OCEAN SPRINGS n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03170009
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20030619 n/a
Drainage area
46.3 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 46.3 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 250700100 n/a

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