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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2019-05-17 2024-12-18
n/a Peak Measurements 2020-01-27 2021-07-11
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2019-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08079010 is associated with a Tidal stream in Brazoria County, Texas. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 2019 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08079010 n/a
Site name
Oyster Ck at FM 2004 nr Lake Jackson, TX n/a
Site type
Tidal stream
ST-TS
DMS latitude 290313 n/a
DMS longitude 0952745 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.0536111 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.4625 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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
Brazoria County 039
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map LAKE JACKSON, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 4.3 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12040205
Drainage basin
11 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20190813 n/a
Drainage area
227.4 square miles 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 Y 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 00150 n/a

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