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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 1956-10-17 2004-09-09
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1956-10-17 1997-07-30
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1956-10-17 2024-11-21
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-06-23 1971-06-23
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1956-10-17 1997-07-30
Microbiological Water-quality 1968-12-02 1997-07-30
Nutrient Water-quality 1956-10-17 1997-07-30
Organics, other Water-quality 1968-05-22 1997-07-30
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1997-07-30 1997-07-30
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1895-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1977-03-04 1997-07-30
n/a Peak Measurements 1796-08-01 2022-11-11
n/a Site Visits 1904-05-21 2024-09-26
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03451500 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 1796 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03451500 n/a
Site name
FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT ASHEVILLE, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 353632 n/a
DMS longitude 0823441 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.60888889 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.5780556 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
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 ASHEVILLE, NC n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1949.93 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
06010105
Drainage basin
12 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
945 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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