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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2019-02-14 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2020-09-23 2021-05-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2019-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08031050 is associated with a Tidal stream in Orange County, Texas. Current conditions of Gage height and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 2019 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08031050 n/a
Site name
Cow Bayou at SH 87 nr Bridge City, TX n/a
Site type
Tidal stream
ST-TS
DMS latitude 300240.39 n/a
DMS longitude 0934917.38 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.04455278 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.8214944 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Texas 48
State
Texas 48
County
Orange County 361
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map ORANGEFIELD, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12010005
Drainage basin
07 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNYNNYNNYNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20181113 n/a
Drainage area
182 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 182 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
Minimal data. M
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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