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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1956-08-15 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04233500 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Tompkins County, New York. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988 and Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929 are available. Water data back to 1956 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04233500 n/a
Site name
CAYUGA INLET (CAYUGA LAKE) AT ITHACA NY n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 422645 n/a
DMS longitude 0763044 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.4458333 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.5122222 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 0.0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .05 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 YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
143 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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