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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2008-11-01 2024-11-07
n/a Site Visits 2008-11-06 2024-04-29
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2014-01-01 2019-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04127885 is associated with a Stream in Chippewa County, Michigan. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Mean water velocity for discharge computation are available. Water data back to 2008 are available online.

Gage height data is provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration water level station Little Rapids, MI (9076033) and can be found on the web here.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04127885 n/a
Site name
ST. MARYS RIVER AT SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 462954 n/a
DMS longitude 0841855 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.4983333 n/a
Decimal longitude -84.3152778 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
Michigan 26
State
Michigan 26
County
Chippewa County 033
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SSM SOUTH n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04070001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNYYNNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
80900 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N 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 244500100 n/a

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