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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1973-06-12 2000-05-24
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1974-10-24 1977-06-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-06-12 2000-04-11
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-10-24 1977-06-16
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1974-10-24 1977-06-16
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-09-11 1977-06-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1974-09-11 1977-06-16
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1974-10-24 1977-06-16
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-09-11 1977-06-16
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1974-10-24 1977-06-16
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1973-06-12 2000-07-12
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1974-10-24 1974-10-24
Sediment Water-quality 1974-09-11 1975-06-04
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02481300 is associated with a Stream in Jackson County, Mississippi. Water data back to 1973 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02481300 n/a
Site name
BACK BAY OF BILOXI AT OCEAN SPRINGS, MS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 302418 n/a
DMS longitude 0885046 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.40519859 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.8461398 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
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 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03170009
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
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