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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1996-09-20 1996-09-20
Information Water-quality 1996-09-20 1998-09-08
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1996-09-20 1998-09-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1965-12-09 1998-09-08
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1996-09-20 1996-09-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1996-09-20 1998-09-08
Microbiological Water-quality 1996-10-17 1998-09-08
Nutrient Water-quality 1996-09-20 1998-09-08
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1996-09-20 1996-09-20
Organics, other Water-quality 1996-09-20 1998-09-08
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1996-09-20 1996-09-20
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1944-10-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1996-09-20 1996-09-20
Sediment Water-quality 1996-09-20 1998-09-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1945-02-18 2023-05-30
n/a Site Visits 1996-09-06 1998-10-16
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03178000 is associated with a Stream in Mercer County, West Virginia. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1944 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03178000 n/a
Site name
BLUESTONE R NR SPANISHBURG, WV n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 372600.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0810636.0 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.4334722 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.11 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
Mercer County 055
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 2051.0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05050002
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
199 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 445408000 n/a

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