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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1996-06-13 1996-06-13
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1930-06-01 1996-06-13
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1930-06-01 1996-06-13
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1930-06-01 1996-06-13
Microbiological Water-quality 1996-06-13 1996-06-13
Nutrient Water-quality 1930-06-01 1996-06-13
Organics, other Water-quality 1996-06-13 1996-06-13
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1996-06-13 1996-06-13
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1907-06-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1996-06-13 1996-06-13
n/a Peak Measurements 1862-02-01 2023-02-17
n/a Site Visits 1920-11-02 2024-08-13
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03488000 is associated with a Stream in Smyth County, Virginia. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1862 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03488000 n/a
Site name
N F HOLSTON RIVER NEAR SALTVILLE, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 365348 n/a
DMS longitude 0814447 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.89678115 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.7462293 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Virginia 51
State
Virginia 51
County
Smyth County 173
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map BROADFORD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1703.10 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
06010101
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 19901213 n/a
Drainage area
221 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 NNNNNNNN 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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