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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1978-11-16 1988-04-27
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1955-08-14 1988-04-27
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1955-08-14 1988-04-27
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-09-12 1988-01-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1955-08-14 1988-04-27
Microbiological Water-quality 1972-09-12 1988-04-27
Nutrient Water-quality 1955-08-14 1988-04-27
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1978-02-15 1988-01-12
Organics, other Water-quality 1978-02-15 1988-01-12
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1972-09-12 1988-01-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1908-10-22 2024-11-17
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1979-04-04 1981-07-15
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1978-09-14 1986-04-07
n/a Peak Measurements 1954-05-05 2023-05-12
n/a Site Visits 1954-09-29 2024-10-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08023400 is associated with a Stream in De Soto Parish, Louisiana. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1908 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08023400 n/a
Site name
Bayou San Patricio near Benson, LA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 315230 n/a
DMS longitude 0933930 n/a
Decimal latitude 31.8751667 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.65851499 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Louisiana 22
State
Louisiana 22
County
De Soto Parish 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description S 38T10N R13W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 208.64 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .13 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12010004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19771001 n/a
Drainage area
80.20 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 452200105 n/a

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