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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1997-10-08 2003-07-01
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1997-05-01 2003-09-30
n/a Peak Measurements 1997-07-29 2003-08-30
n/a Site Visits 1997-05-22 2003-10-23
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06706800 is associated with a Stream in Jefferson County, Colorado. Water data back to 1997 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06706800 n/a
Site name
BUFFALO CREEK AT MOUTH AT BUFFALO CREEK n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 392327 n/a
DMS longitude 1051615 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.3908225 n/a
Decimal longitude -105.2713825 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Colorado 08
State
Colorado 08
County
Jefferson County 059
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESWS31 T007S R070W n/a
Name of location map PINE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 6630 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 20 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10190002
Drainage basin
06 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
47.4 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y 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