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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1995-09-07 1995-09-07
Information Water-quality 1995-08-22 1995-09-07
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1971-05-03 1972-08-31
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-05-03 1972-08-31
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-05-03 1972-08-31
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1971-05-03 1972-08-31
Microbiological Water-quality 1971-05-03 1972-08-31
Nutrient Water-quality 1971-05-03 1995-09-07
Organics, other Water-quality 1971-05-03 1972-08-31
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1971-05-03 1972-08-31
Physical Unit Values, Water-quality 1971-05-03 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1995-08-22 1995-08-22
n/a Site Visits 1963-03-28 2024-07-09
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08077640 is associated with a Stream in Galveston County, Texas. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1963 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08077640 n/a
Site name
Dickinson Bayou at FM 517 nr Alvin, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 292609.87 n/a
DMS longitude 0951012.47 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.436075 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.1701306 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
Galveston County 167
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map ALGOA, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12040204
Drainage basin
11 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
15.0 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 15.0 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
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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