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The reservoir is undergoing maintenance and repairs, dropping water levels below the operational limits of the sensor. If water levels reach the sensor elevation, data will be reported as normal. The anticipated completion date is unknown.

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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Unit Values 2007-10-01 2024-11-15
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2013-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03197910 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Water data back to 2006 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03197910 n/a
Site name
UNNAMED TRIB TO ELK TWOMILE CR NR CHARLESTON, WV n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 382139.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0813046.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.36088889 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.5128611 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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 CHARLESTON EAST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 831.08 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .09 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05050007
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
0.65 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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