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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
Information Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1954-04-01 2024-11-21
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1962-11-09 1983-01-17
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1962-11-09 1983-01-17
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-03-12 1975-11-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1973-03-12 1973-03-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1962-11-09 1973-01-18
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1968-05-03 1972-08-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1962-11-09 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-04-03 1981-04-03
n/a Site Visits 1993-06-24 2017-08-30
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08072000 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Harris County, Texas. Current conditions of Gage height, Precipitation, Relative humidity, and more are available. Water data back to 1954 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08072000 n/a
Site name
Lk Houston nr Sheldon, TX n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 295458 n/a
DMS longitude 0950828 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.91633316 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.1413198 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
Harris County 201
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Harmaston, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12040101
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
2828 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 2828 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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