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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1941-08-08 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1913-03-01 2023-02-28
n/a Site Visits 1984-07-10 2024-06-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04180500 is associated with a Stream in Allen County, Indiana. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1913 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04180500 n/a
Site name
ST. JOSEPH RIVER NEAR FORT WAYNE, IN n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 411002.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0850426.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.16738889 n/a
Decimal longitude -85.0740833 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 (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Indiana 18
State
Indiana 18
County
Allen County 003
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNES03 T31N R13E 2 n/a
Name of location map CEDARVILLE 50B n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 752.99 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .08 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04100003
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
1060 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
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 441800100 n/a

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