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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1989-06-01 2024-11-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2014-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08077658 is associated with an Estuary in Galveston County, Texas. Current conditions of Precipitation and Stream water level elevation above NGVD 1929 are available. Water data back to 1989 are available online.

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 add .14 feet to NGVD 1929 values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08077658 n/a
Site name
TX City Pump Sta at Texas City, TX n/a
Site type
Estuary
ES
DMS latitude 292126 n/a
DMS longitude 0945529 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.35745688 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.9249228 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 Virginia Point, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 2 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12040204
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Flood plain
G
Flags for instruments at site NNYYYNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19880309 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

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