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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1998-09-30 2024-11-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
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Monitoring location 04279085 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Washington 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 1998 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04279085 n/a
Site name
LAKE CHAMPLAIN NORTH OF WHITEHALL NY n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 433718.8 n/a
DMS longitude 0732506.2 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.62188889 n/a
Decimal longitude -73.41838889 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
Washington County 115
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map WHITEHALL, NY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Reported method of determination. R
Altitude accuracy .10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04150408
Drainage basin
01 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 19980904 n/a
Drainage area
725 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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