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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2020-11-04 2020-11-04
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2020-11-04 2020-11-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2020-11-04 2020-11-04
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2020-11-04 2020-11-04
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2020-11-04 2020-11-04
Nutrient Water-quality 2020-11-04 2020-11-04
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2020-11-04 2020-11-04
Physical Unit Values, Water-quality 2011-02-20 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2020-11-04 2020-11-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2011-01-01 2013-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03049930 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Randolph County, West Virginia. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 2011 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03049930 n/a
Site name
ELKWATER FORK NEAR SPANGLER, WV n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 383554 n/a
DMS longitude 0800340 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.5983333 n/a
Decimal longitude -80.0611111 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
West Virginia 54
State
West Virginia 54
County
Randolph County 083
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map VALLEY HEAD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2321.74 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05020001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
8.40 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files 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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