Vermilion River near Vermilion OH

Continuous water temperature and turbidity monitoring at this site will be discontinued on September 30th, 2025 due to a lack of funding. Questions regarding discontinuation of these parameters at this gage can be directed to Tom Harris (tharris@usgs.gov) 614-430-7727

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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	04199500	_n/a
Site name	Vermilion River near Vermilion OH	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	412255	_n/a
DMS longitude	0821901	_n/a
Decimal latitude	41.38199	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-82.3168273	_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	Ohio	39
State	Ohio	39
County	Lorain County	093
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	594.51 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.01 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Huron-Vermilion	04100012
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		_n/a
Drainage area	262 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

Operated in cooperation with:

Ohio Water Development Authority

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds

USGS - Federal Priority Streamgages