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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2003-09-30 2024-11-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
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Monitoring location 04253400 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Herkimer 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 2003 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04253400 n/a
Site name
FIRST LAKE AT OLD FORGE NY n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 434245.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0745809.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.71266667 n/a
Decimal longitude -74.9693611 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
Herkimer County 043
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map OLD FORGE, 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
04150101
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
53.6 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 Y 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 GAZETTEER n/a

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