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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1945-07-06 1983-10-18
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-01-15 1981-07-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-05-18 1983-10-18
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1980-01-15 1981-07-21
Nutrient Water-quality 1981-02-05 1981-08-26
Organics, other Water-quality 1980-03-26 1980-08-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1913-01-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1980-08-21 1981-07-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1844-07-06 2023-05-09
n/a Site Visits 1912-08-24 2024-09-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03069500 is associated with a Stream in Tucker County, West Virginia. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1844 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03069500 n/a
Site name
CHEAT RIVER NEAR PARSONS, WV n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 390717.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0794031.9 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.12155556 n/a
Decimal longitude -79.6755278 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Tucker County 093
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 1589.8 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .16 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05020004
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
718 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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