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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2015-07-28 2015-07-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2013-04-01 2017-11-01
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2012-09-30 2024-11-18
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03071590 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Monongalia County, West Virginia. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 2006 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03071590 n/a
Site name
CHEAT LAKE NEAR STEWARTSTOWN, WV n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 394312 n/a
DMS longitude 0795121 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.72007846 n/a
Decimal longitude -79.8556116 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
West Virginia 54
State
West Virginia 54
County
Monongalia County 061
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Lake Lynn n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface -0.45 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .08 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05020004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
1411 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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