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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1951-10-01 1993-09-24
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1951-10-01 1977-06-30
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1951-10-01 1993-09-24
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1975-09-04 1977-06-30
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1951-10-01 1977-06-30
Nutrient Water-quality 1951-10-01 1993-09-24
Organics, other Water-quality 1975-09-04 1977-06-30
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1993-03-25 1993-07-01
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1938-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Daily Values 1951-10-01 1953-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1939-06-19 2023-03-25
n/a Site Visits 1939-07-19 2024-06-11
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03228500 is associated with a Stream in Franklin County, Ohio. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1938 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03228500 n/a
Site name
Big Walnut Creek at Central College OH n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 400613 n/a
DMS longitude 0825303 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.1036745 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.8840675 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Ohio 39
State
Ohio 39
County
Franklin County 049
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 814.28 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05060001
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
190 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 190. square miles 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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