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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Unit Values 2007-10-01 2024-11-23
n/a Peak Measurements 1953-04-29 2024-05-23
n/a Site Visits 1988-04-23 2022-04-05
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2013-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02486100 is associated with a Stream in Hinds County, Mississippi. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1953 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02486100 n/a
Site name
LYNCH CREEK AT JACKSON, MS n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 321705 n/a
DMS longitude 0901254 n/a
Decimal latitude 32.2847222 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.215 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
Hinds County 049
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSES 08T05N R01E O n/a
Name of location map 229C JACKSON n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 261.51 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03180002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19511023 n/a
Drainage area
12.1 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 12.1 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 452800100 n/a

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