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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2018-07-27 2024-11-08
n/a Peak Measurements 2018-10-19 2023-05-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2018-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08083280 is associated with a Stream in Taylor County, Texas. Current conditions of Gage height and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 2018 are available online.

The datum of gage has been determined to be 1895.04 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 1895.04 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08083280 n/a
Site name
Elm Ck at FM 89 nr Buffalo Gap, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 321630.7 n/a
DMS longitude 0995008.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 32.27519444 n/a
Decimal longitude -99.8357222 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
Taylor County 441
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map BUFFALO GAP, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1895.04 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12060102
Drainage basin
12 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNYNNYNNYNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20180713 n/a
Drainage area
111 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 111 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
Minimal data. M
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 n/a

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