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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1998-08-19 2004-08-31
Information Water-quality 1989-09-21 2004-08-31
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1989-09-21 2001-09-05
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1989-09-21 2004-08-11
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1989-09-21 1998-08-19
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1989-09-21 2001-09-05
Microbiological Water-quality 1989-09-21 2001-09-05
Nutrient Water-quality 1989-09-21 2004-08-11
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1989-09-21 2000-09-06
Organics, other Water-quality 1989-09-21 2001-06-12
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1989-09-21 2004-08-11
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1987-10-01 2024-11-17
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1998-08-19 1998-08-19
Sediment Water-quality 1998-08-19 2004-08-11
n/a Peak Measurements 1969-04-13 2016-10-01
n/a Site Visits 1983-04-14 2024-10-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2007-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08012470 is associated with a Stream in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, and more are available. Water data back to 1969 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08012470 n/a
Site name
Bayou Lacassine near Lake Arthur, LA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 300412.0 n/a
DMS longitude 0925243.9 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.07 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.8788611 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 SESE S 21T11S R 5W n/a
Name of location map HAYES 179C n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface -10.11 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .22 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
08080202
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Flat surface
F
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19741001 n/a
Drainage area
299.00 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 n/a

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