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Statistics for February 11, 2025 based on 29 years of data
Gage height, ft
low (2000)
4.11 ft
25th percentile
4.91 ft
median
8.94 ft
75th percentile
17.22 ft
mean
11.45 ft
high (2018)
30.31 ft
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Monitoring location 07288280 is associated with a Stream in Bolivar County, Mississippi. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1992 are available online.
Metadata Element
Location Metadata
Metadata Code
Agency
The agency that is reporting the data.
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Site identification number
Each site in the USGS data base has a unique 8- to 15-digit identification number.
07288280
n/a
Site name
This is the official name of the site in the database. For well information this can be a district-assigned local number.
BIG SUNFLOWER RIVER NR MERIGOLD, MS
n/a
Site type
A list of primary and secondary site types that can be associated with data collection sites. A site type is a generalized location in the hydrologic cycle, or a man-made feature thought to affect the hydrologic conditions measured at a site. All sites are associated with a primary site type, and may additionally be associated with a secondary site type that further describes the location. The exception to this rule is the Facility primary site type, which must always be associated with a secondary site type. The site type code incorporates these hierarchial distinctions.
Stream
"A body of running water moving under gravity flow in a defined channel. The channel may be entirely natural, or altered by engineering practices through straightening, dredging, and (or) lining. An entirely artificial channel should be qualified with the ""canal"" or ""ditch"" secondary site type."
ST
DMS latitude
334957
n/a
DMS longitude
0904012
n/a
Decimal latitude
33.8325
n/a
Decimal longitude
-90.67
n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Indicates the method used to determine latitude longitude values.
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Indicates the accuracy of the latitude longitude values.
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS).
5
Latitude-longitude datum
Latitude/longitude (horizontal) coordinate datum.
North American Datum of 1983
NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983
NAD83
District
The Water Science Centers (WSCs) across the United States use the FIPS state code as the district code. In some case, sites and samples may be managed by a water science center that is adjacent to the state in which the site actually resides.
Mississippi
28
State
The name of the state or territory in which the site is located.
Mississippi
28
County
The name of the county or county equivalent (parish, borough, etc.) in which the site is located.
Bolivar County
011
Country
US
n/a
Land net location description
SWNWS 24T23N R05W O
n/a
Name of location map
107C MERIGOLD
n/a
Scale of location map
24000
n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface
99.99
feet
n/a
Method altitude determined
GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
X
Altitude accuracy
.16
feet
n/a
Altitude datum
Altitude of the site referenced to the specified Vertical Datum.
North American Vertical Datum of 1988
NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Hydrologic units are geographic areas representing part or all of a surface drainage basin or distinct hydrologic feature and are delineated on the State Hydrologic Unit Maps.
08030207
Drainage basin
The Basin Code or "drainage basin code" is a two-digit code that further subdivides the 8-digit hydrologic-unit code.
n/a
Topographic setting
Refers to the geomorphic features in the vicinity of the site.
Stream channel
Bed in which a natural stream of water runs.
C
Flags for instruments at site
NNNNYNYNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
n/a
Date of first construction
Date the well was completed
n/a
Date site established or inventoried
19921001
n/a
Drainage area
The area enclosed by a topographic divide from which direct surface runoff from precipitation normally drains by gravity into the stream above that point.
553
square miles
n/a
Contributing drainage area
553
square miles
n/a
Time Zone abbreviation
CST
n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y for yes or an N for no to indicate whether the site is in an area that switches to Local Standard Time (Daylight Saving Time) for a part of the year.
Y
n/a
Data reliability
Data reliability code is mandatory for spring, groundwater, and aggregate groundwater sites.
n/a
Data-other GW files
NNNNNNNN
n/a
National aquifer
n/a
Local aquifer
n/a
Local aquifer type
Describes the type of aquifer(s) encountered by a site type of well (groundwater).
n/a
Well depth
n/a
Hole depth
The total depth to which the hole is drilled, in feet below land surface datum.