Watauga River Near Sugar Grove, NC - 03479000
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Watauga River Near Sugar Grove, NC - 03479000
Subscribe to WaterAlert March 28, 2025 - April 4, 2025
Gage height, feet
1.98 ft - Apr 04, 2025 03:30:00 AM EDT
Important Data may be provisional
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
1.98 ft
Provisional
Apr 04, 2025
03:30:00 AM EDT
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1.98 ft
Provisional
Apr 04, 2025
03:30:00 AM EDT
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Statistics for April 4, 2025 based on 29 years of data
Gage height, ft
low (2016)
1.83 ft
25th percentile
1.98 ft
median
2.15 ft
75th percentile
2.43 ft
mean
2.27 ft
high (2000)
3.53 ft
Available data
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Learn about the data collection categories Continuous data
4 data types available - data from 1986-04-03 to 2025-04-04
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2007-10-01 - 2025-04-04
Discharge, cubic feet per second
1986-04-03 - 2025-04-04
Precipitation, total, inches
2016-11-03 - 2025-04-04
Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
2021-10-01 - 2025-04-04
Daily data
3 data types available - data from 1940-04-01 to 2025-04-02
Field measurements - Coming soon
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Discrete sample data
57 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1956-10-24 to 1980-04-09
82 Sampling activities
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5 km
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| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information | Water-quality | 1956-10-24 | 1962-04-20 |
| Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 1956-10-24 | 1973-02-21 |
| Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Water-quality | 1956-10-24 | 1973-02-21 |
| Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals | Water-quality | 1971-06-30 | 1971-06-30 |
| Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 1956-10-24 | 1973-02-21 |
| Microbiological | Water-quality | 1969-03-04 | 1973-02-21 |
| Nutrient | Water-quality | 1956-10-24 | 1973-02-21 |
| Organics, other | Water-quality | 1968-05-27 | 1973-02-21 |
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1940-04-01 | 2025-04-04 |
| Sediment | Water-quality | 1977-03-13 | 1980-04-09 |
| n/a | Peak Measurements | 1916-07-01 | 2022-11-11 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 1940-05-29 | 2025-02-05 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2006-01-01 | 2023-01-01 |
Monitoring location 03479000 is associated with a Stream in Watauga County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1916 are available online.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
03479000 | n/a |
|
Site name
|
WATAUGA RIVER NEAR SUGAR GROVE, NC | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 361421 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 0814920 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 36.23916667 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -81.8222222 | 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
|
Watauga County | 189 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | n/a | |
| Name of location map | VALLE CRUCIS, NC | n/a |
| Scale of location map | n/a | |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 2607.68 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System | X |
| Altitude accuracy | .01 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
|
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Watauga, North Carolina, Tennessee | 06010103 |
|
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 | n/a | |
|
Drainage area
|
92.1 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 |
