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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2011-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2012-03-01 2024-04-03
n/a Site Visits 2011-10-11 2024-10-30
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2012-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03052120 is associated with a Stream in Upshur County, West Virginia. Current conditions of Discharge and 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
03052120 n/a
Site name
BUCKHANNON RIVER AT ALTON, WV n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 384910.7 n/a
DMS longitude 0801250.0 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.81963889 n/a
Decimal longitude -80.21388889 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 (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Upshur 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 1776.3 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .14 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05020001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
94.7 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 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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