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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1978-03-15 1981-09-16
Information Water-quality 1971-03-16 1986-08-19
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1956-08-13 1986-08-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1956-08-13 1986-08-19
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-03-15 1986-08-19
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1956-08-13 1986-08-19
Microbiological Water-quality 1978-01-18 1986-08-19
Nutrient Water-quality 1956-08-13 1986-08-19
Organics, other Water-quality 1963-05-08 1981-09-16
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1944-07-30 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1978-03-15 1981-09-16
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-03-17 1981-07-14
Sediment Water-quality 1978-02-15 1986-08-19
n/a Peak Measurements 1942-03-01 2023-03-18
n/a Site Visits 1944-07-29 2024-10-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04217000 is associated with a Stream in Genesee County, New York. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1942 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04217000 n/a
Site name
TONAWANDA CREEK AT BATAVIA NY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 425949.7 n/a
DMS longitude 0781117.4 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.99713889 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.1881667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
New York 36
State
New York 36
County
Genesee County 037
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map BATAVIA SOUTH, NY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 875.84 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
04120104
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
171 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 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

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