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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
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1969-01-22 1969-01-22
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-01-22 1969-01-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1969-01-22 1969-01-22
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1951-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1947-08-27 2023-06-21
n/a Site Visits 1951-12-17 2024-10-11
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2011-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08056500 is associated with a Stream in Dallas County, Texas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1947 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08056500 n/a
Site name
Turtle Ck at Dallas, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 324826 n/a
DMS longitude 0964808 n/a
Decimal latitude 32.80735055 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.8025013 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
Dallas County 113
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Dallas, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 428.10 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .36 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12030105
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
7.98 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 7.98 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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