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FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT HOT SPRINGS, NC

Important Classic Page

Monitoring location 03454500 is associated with a STREAM in MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Current conditions of DISCHARGE and GAGE HEIGHT are available. Water data back to 1796 are available online.

Important data may be provisional - learn more

About the Network-Linked Data Index (NLDI)

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1957-10-22 1962-09-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1957-10-22 1969-12-23
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1957-10-22 1970-02-24
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-09-25 1969-09-25
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1957-10-22 1969-12-23
Nutrient Water-quality 1957-10-22 1969-12-23
Organics, other Water-quality 1969-09-25 1969-12-23
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1934-04-01 2020-09-22
n/a Peak Measurements 1796-08-01 2019-04-19
n/a Site Visits 1934-02-16 2020-08-05
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2013-01-01 2019-01-01
Classic Water Data for the Nation Inventory

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03454500 n/a
Site name
FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT HOT SPRINGS, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 355323.7 n/a
DMS longitude 0824915.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.88991667 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.821 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Madison County 115
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 1311.10 n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Upper French Broad 06010105
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
1567.00 n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Savings Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files YYNNNNNN 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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