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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 1942-07-08 1986-06-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1963-05-10 1978-02-23
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-09-13 1983-09-16
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1960-09-27 1978-02-23
Nutrient Water-quality 1960-09-13 1963-07-11
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1909-05-07 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1888-07-10 2023-08-13
n/a Site Visits 1909-05-12 2024-09-10
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03070500 is associated with a Stream in Preston County, West Virginia. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1888 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03070500 n/a
Site name
BIG SANDY CREEK AT ROCKVILLE, WV n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 393718.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0794216.4 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.62175 n/a
Decimal longitude -79.7045556 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
Preston County 077
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 1322.4 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .09 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
200 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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