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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2000-02-24 2000-06-29
Information Water-quality 1970-01-29 2000-09-06
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1949-01-19 2000-06-29
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1949-01-19 2000-06-29
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1989-09-21 1989-09-21
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1949-01-21 2000-06-29
Microbiological Water-quality 1989-09-21 1989-09-21
Nutrient Water-quality 1949-01-19 2000-06-29
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1989-09-21 2000-09-06
Organics, other Water-quality 1989-09-21 2000-06-29
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1989-09-21 2000-09-06
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1949-01-19 2024-11-17
Sediment Water-quality 2000-02-24 2000-06-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1957-06-30 1992-11-19
n/a Site Visits 2022-12-12 2024-10-24
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08012400 is associated with a Stream in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. Current conditions of Gage height and Water velocity reading from field sensor are available. Water data back to 1949 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08012400 n/a
Site name
Mermentau River @ Lake Arthur, LA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 300422.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0923933.4 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.07283333 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.6592778 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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
Jefferson Davis Parish 053
Country US n/a
Land net location description S 13T11S R 3W n/a
Name of location map LAKE ARTHUR 180C 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
08080202
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site YNNNNNYNNNNNNYYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19841001 n/a
Drainage area
1723 square miles 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 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 452200104 n/a

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