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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 Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1930-09-21 1974-06-25
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1930-09-21 1974-06-25
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-09-26 1973-12-28
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1930-09-21 1974-06-25
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-12-11 1974-02-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1930-09-21 1974-06-25
Organics, other Water-quality 1972-09-26 1973-12-28
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1914-10-01 1976-09-29
Sediment Water-quality 1974-05-13 1976-07-13
n/a Peak Measurements 1878-09-01 1982-02-04
n/a Site Visits 1911-07-17 1977-11-14
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03171500 is associated with a Stream in Giles County, Virginia. Water data back to 1878 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03171500 n/a
Site name
NEW RIVER AT EGGLESTON, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 371722 n/a
DMS longitude 0803701 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.289569 n/a
Decimal longitude -80.6167295 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Virginia 51
State
Virginia 51
County
Giles County 071
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map EGGLESTON n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1615.59 feet n/a
Method altitude determined U n/a
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05050002
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
2961 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