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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.

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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2019-02-06 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2020-04-13 2023-05-12
n/a Site Visits 2019-02-06 2024-06-11
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2019-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0347927162 is associated with a Stream in Watauga County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 2019 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0347927162 n/a
Site name
BUCKEYE CR ABOVE BUCKEYE LAKE NEAR CANNON GAP, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 361302.74 n/a
DMS longitude 0815429.24 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.21742778 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.9081222 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
Watauga County 189
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map ELK PARK, NC n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 3399.36 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
06010103
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
3.16 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 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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