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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 1978-11-28 1998-08-18
Information Water-quality 1943-10-13 1998-08-18
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1943-10-13 1998-08-18
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1943-10-13 1998-08-18
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-01-30 1998-08-18
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1944-04-01 1998-08-18
Microbiological Water-quality 1978-10-17 1994-06-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1943-10-13 1998-08-18
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1973-08-23 1998-08-18
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-08-14 1998-08-18
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1973-08-23 1998-08-18
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1922-09-01 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1978-11-28 1981-09-03
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1979-04-05 1998-08-18
Sediment Water-quality 1978-10-17 1998-08-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1913-01-01 2016-03-15
n/a Site Visits 1984-09-06 2024-07-10
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2016-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08015500 is associated with a Stream in Allen Parish, Louisiana. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1913 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08015500 n/a
Site name
Calcasieu River near Kinder, LA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 303009.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0925455.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.50255556 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.9154167 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
Allen Parish 003
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSES 30T 6S R 5W n/a
Name of location map LE BLANC 143C n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 10.93 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
08080203
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Undulating
U
Flags for instruments at site YNYNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19220801 n/a
Drainage area
1700 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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