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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1985-02-22 1987-03-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1986-04-30 1986-10-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1985-03-29 1987-03-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1986-04-30 1986-10-28
Microbiological Water-quality 1986-04-30 1986-10-28
Nutrient Water-quality 1986-04-30 1986-10-28
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1985-02-22 2024-12-21
Sediment Water-quality 1985-02-22 1987-03-26
n/a Peak Measurements 2019-12-17 2023-02-17
n/a Site Visits 1986-09-09 2024-09-03
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2020-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03197790 is associated with a Stream in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1985 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03197790 n/a
Site name
LITTLE SANDY CREEK NEAR ELKVIEW,WV n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 382721.4 n/a
DMS longitude 0813004.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.45594444 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.5011944 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. S
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
Kanawha County 039
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 608.9 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .12 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05050007
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
43.7 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

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