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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1954-06-10 1954-06-17
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1954-06-10 1954-06-17
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1954-06-10 2024-12-14
n/a Site Visits 2024-09-24 2024-10-22
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08012540 is associated with a Stream in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Current conditions of Gage height and Water velocity reading from field sensor are available. Water data back to 1954 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08012540 n/a
Site name
Intracoastal Canal @ Creole Ferry @ Gibbstown, LA. n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 295602.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0930445.9 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.93405556 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.0794167 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
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
Cameron Parish 023
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map BOUDREAUX LAKE, LA 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
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 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 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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