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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Daily Values 1966-12-01 1977-09-30
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1965-11-19 1967-11-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1965-11-19 1967-11-02
Nutrient Water-quality 1965-11-19 1967-11-02
Physical Water-quality 1965-11-19 1967-11-02
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08079550 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Lubbock County, Texas. Water data back to 1965 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08079550 n/a
Site name
Buffalo Springs Lk nr Lubbock, TX n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 333158 n/a
DMS longitude 1014134 n/a
Decimal latitude 33.5328646 n/a
Decimal longitude -101.6932177 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
Lubbock County 303
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Buffalo Springs Lake 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 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12050003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
5588 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 236 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 n/a