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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2012-06-20 2024-02-22
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2012-12-18 2012-12-18
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2012-04-26 2024-01-22
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2012-12-18 2012-12-18
Nutrient Daily Values, Water-quality 2012-04-26 2024-01-22
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2012-04-13 2024-11-07
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 2012-04-26 2024-01-22
n/a Peak Measurements 2013-05-29 2022-02-17
n/a Site Visits 2012-04-18 2024-10-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2013-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 041482663 is associated with a Stream in Genesee County, Michigan. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 2012 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
041482663 n/a
Site name
ALGER CREEK AT HILL ROAD NEAR SWARTZ CREEK, MI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 425631 n/a
DMS longitude 0835046 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.9419733 n/a
Decimal longitude -83.8460698 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Michigan 26
State
Michigan 26
County
Genesee County 049
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWS02 T06N R05E M n/a
Name of location map SWARTZ CREEK, MI n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 761.5 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04080204
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
20120412 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20120417 n/a
Drainage area
19.3 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 GLRIEDGFD n/a