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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1979-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1980-05-28 2023-06-04
n/a Site Visits 2018-03-14 2024-08-14
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2018-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08083430 is associated with a Stream in Taylor County, Texas. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1979 are available online.

The datum of gage has been determined to be 1634.06 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 1634.06 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08083430 n/a
Site name
Elm Ck at Abilene, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 323026.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0994427.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 32.50730556 n/a
Decimal longitude -99.7410278 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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 Hamby, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1634.06 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .12 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12060102
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNYNNYNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
422 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 422 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files YYNNNNNN 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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