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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1930-09-21 1968-03-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1930-09-21 1968-03-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1930-09-21 1968-03-26
Nutrient Water-quality 1930-09-21 1968-03-26
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1927-10-01 2022-10-03
n/a Peak Measurements 1927-04-22 1961-01-01
n/a Site Visits 1927-02-03 1957-10-03
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03168500 is associated with a Stream in Pulaski County, Virginia. Water data back to 1927 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03168500 n/a
Site name
PEAK CREEK AT PULASKI, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 370249.97 n/a
DMS longitude 0804704.99 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.04721389 n/a
Decimal longitude -80.7847194 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
Virginia 51
State
Virginia 51
County
Pulaski County 155
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map PULASKI, VA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1900.3 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .15 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05050001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19901213 n/a
Drainage area
60.8 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