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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
Biological Water-quality 1979-05-11 1981-09-01
Information Water-quality 1978-12-13 2020-07-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1978-06-05 1998-09-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-06-05 2020-07-15
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-06-05 1986-08-05
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-06-05 1998-12-08
Microbiological Water-quality 1978-06-05 1998-08-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1978-06-05 1998-12-08
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1978-06-05 1981-08-24
Organics, other Water-quality 1978-06-05 1998-12-08
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1978-06-05 1983-03-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1971-09-01 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1979-05-11 1981-09-01
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-01-05 1981-07-14
Sediment Water-quality 1979-05-11 1986-08-05
n/a Peak Measurements 1972-03-20 2023-07-06
n/a Site Visits 1971-07-28 2024-09-10
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08073600 is associated with a Stream in Harris County, Texas. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1971 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08073600 n/a
Site name
Buffalo Bayou at W Belt Dr, Houston, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 294543 n/a
DMS longitude 0953327 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.76217336 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.5577213 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 Hedwig Village, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy 0.1 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 n/a
Drainage area
290 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 290 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 8653-00150 n/a

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