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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2023-08-23 2024-11-21
n/a Site Visits 2024-01-11 2024-06-06
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08016910 is associated with a Stream in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Current conditions of Gage height and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 2023 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08016910 n/a
Site name
Buxton Creek at Hwy 27 nr DeQuincy, LA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 302523.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0932528.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.4231111 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.4246111 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
Calcasieu Parish 019
Country US n/a
Land net location description S30 T07S R10W L n/a
Name of location map DEQUINCY, LA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 24.53 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS1 - Level 1 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System W
Altitude accuracy .16 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
08080205
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 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 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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