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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2019-02-13 2019-10-23
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1997-11-20 2022-12-07
Sediment Water-quality 1999-04-29 2019-10-23
n/a Peak Measurements 1998-01-22 2022-03-22
n/a Site Visits 1997-09-24 2022-12-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2015-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 073816503 is associated with a Stream in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Water data back to 1997 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
073816503 n/a
Site name
Bayou Penchant S of Morgan City, LA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 293508 n/a
DMS longitude 0910919 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.58555556 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.1552778 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Louisiana 22
State
Louisiana 22
County
St. Mary Parish 101
Country US n/a
Land net location description S17 T17S R13E L n/a
Name of location map MORGAN CITY SW, LA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface -1.50 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
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
08090302
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files YNNNNNNN 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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