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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2005-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08088440 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Palo Pinto County, Texas. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929 are available. Water data back to 2005 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08088440 n/a
Site name
Possum Kingdom Lk at Sandy Beach nr Graford, TX n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 325319 n/a
DMS longitude 0983126 n/a
Decimal latitude 32.88873255 n/a
Decimal longitude -98.5242223 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 3 sec (SPS GPS). R
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
Palo Pinto County 363
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Cove Creek, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 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
12060201
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20050812 n/a
Drainage area
23596 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 14030 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 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 8653-00140 n/a

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