Moses Lk-Galveston Bay nr Texas City, TX

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 0.0 feet above NGVD 1929. To obtain water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 subtract .21 feet from NGVD 1929 values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	08077650	_n/a
Site name	Moses Lk-Galveston Bay nr Texas City, TX	_n/a
Site type	Estuary	ES
DMS latitude	292650	_n/a
DMS longitude	0945512	_n/a
Decimal latitude	29.44745403	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-94.9202016	_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	Galveston County	167
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	Texas City, TX	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	0 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Reported method of determination.	R
Altitude accuracy	5 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929	NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit	West Galveston Bay	12040204
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		_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_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

Operated in cooperation with:

Galveston County