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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.

This station was damaged during Hurricane Helene. USGS staff plan to make repairs once they can safely access the station.

Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1989-02-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1989-09-22 2022-11-11
n/a Site Visits 1989-01-26 2024-10-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0344894205 is associated with a Stream in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1989 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0344894205 n/a
Site name
NORTH FORK SWANNANOA RIVER NEAR WALKERTOWN, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 354108.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0821956.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.68569444 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.3324167 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 MONTREAT, NC n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2640.34 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .16 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
06010105
Drainage basin
12 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 19890130 n/a
Drainage area
14.5 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 453700100 n/a

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