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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1972-05-10 1972-05-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1972-05-10 1972-05-10
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-05-10 1972-05-10
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1972-05-10 1972-05-10
Nutrient Water-quality 1972-05-10 1972-05-10
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1972-05-10 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1935-07-08 2023-04-30
n/a Site Visits 1970-04-14 2024-11-20
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04233255 is associated with a Stream in Tompkins County, New York. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1935 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04233255 n/a
Site name
CAYUGA INLET AT ITHACA NY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 422538 n/a
DMS longitude 0763118 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.4272222 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.5216667 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 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
New York 36
State
New York 36
County
Tompkins County 109
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map ITHACA WEST, NY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 379.29 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04140201
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
86.7 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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