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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Unit Values 2017-11-07 2024-11-21
Physical Unit Values 2017-11-07 2024-11-21
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0317154954 is associated with a Stream in Giles County, Virginia. Current conditions of Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, Specific conductance, and more are available. Water data back to 2017 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0317154954 n/a
Site name
SINKING CREEK ALONG ROUTE 604 NEAR NEWPORT, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 371847.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0803032.0 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.3132222 n/a
Decimal longitude -80.50888889 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
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 n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05050002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
65.2 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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