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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1960-10-01 2024-11-21
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1961-12-05 1984-04-10
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1961-12-05 1984-04-10
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-12-03 1974-03-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1971-04-29 1973-06-11
Nutrient Water-quality 1961-12-05 1973-06-11
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1961-12-05 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-05-06 1981-05-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08017400 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Rains County, Texas. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, Precipitation, and Reservoir storage are available. Water data back to 1960 are available online.

Datum of gage is NGVD29. To obtain reservoir water-surface elevations in NAVD 1988 add .06 feet to NGVD29 values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08017400 n/a
Site name
Lk Tawakoni nr Wills Point, TX n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 324831 n/a
DMS longitude 0955510 n/a
Decimal latitude 32.80873574 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.9196887 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Texas 48
State
Texas 48
County
Rains County 379
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Iron Bridge Dam, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12010001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
756 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 756 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NYNNNNNN 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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