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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2010-08-11 2024-11-16
n/a Peak Measurements 2011-01-10 2023-05-17
n/a Site Visits 2010-09-23 2024-11-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2011-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08072600 is associated with a Stream in Harris County, Texas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2010 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08072600 n/a
Site name
Buffalo Bayou at State Hwy 6 nr Addicks, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 294609.77 n/a
DMS longitude 0953835.40 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.76938056 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.6431667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Harris County 201
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Addicks, 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 .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12040104
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 20100809 n/a
Drainage area
145 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 145 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 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 8653-00150 n/a

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