Platter Creek near Sherwood OH

Stage and discharge monitoring at this site will be discontinued on October 1, 2025 due to a lack of funding. Questions regarding discontinuation of this river gage can be directed to Thomas Harris (tharris@usgs.gov) 614-565-7461.

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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	04183979	_n/a
Site name	Platter Creek near Sherwood OH	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	411601	_n/a
DMS longitude	0843531	_n/a
Decimal latitude	41.26694444	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-84.5919444	_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	Ohio	39
State	Ohio	39
County	Defiance County	039
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map		_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	690.18 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.	D
Altitude accuracy	.1 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Maumee	04100005
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting	Stream channel	C
Flags for instruments at site	YNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	20170320	_n/a
Drainage area	19.5 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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Ohio Department of Natural Resources

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds