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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1973-05-09 1973-08-29
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1961-06-08 1961-06-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1961-06-08 1961-06-08
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-01-12 1974-06-19
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1961-06-08 1974-06-19
Nutrient Water-quality 1961-06-08 1961-06-08
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1961-06-08 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04235396 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Cayuga 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 1961 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04235396 n/a
Site name
OWASCO LAKE NEAR AUBURN NY n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 425413.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0763222.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.90366667 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.53952778 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
Cayuga County 011
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map AUBURN, NY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
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
205 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 NYNNNNNN 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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