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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1997-04-16 1997-04-16
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1997-04-16 1997-04-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1997-04-16 2024-11-08
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1997-04-16 1997-04-16
Microbiological Water-quality 1997-04-16 1997-04-16
Nutrient Water-quality 1997-04-16 1997-04-16
Organics, other Water-quality 1997-04-16 1997-04-16
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1997-04-16 1997-04-16
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1997-04-16 2024-11-08
Sediment Water-quality 1997-04-16 1997-04-16
n/a Peak Measurements 2019-07-15 2022-11-11
n/a Site Visits 2019-08-07 2024-09-26
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2019-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0344878100 is associated with a Stream in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 1997 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0344878100 n/a
Site name
HOMINY CREEK NR WEST ASHEVILLE, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 353341 n/a
DMS longitude 0823549 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.56138889 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.5969444 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
North Carolina 37
State
North Carolina 37
County
Buncombe County 021
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 1975.32 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .15 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
06010105
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
104 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 NYNNNNNN 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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