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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2020-08-25 2024-11-15
n/a Peak Measurements 2021-05-19 2021-05-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2020-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08117210 is associated with a Stream in Brazoria County, Texas. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 2020 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08117210 n/a
Site name
Buffalo Camp Bayou nr Lake Jackson, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 290256.98 n/a
DMS longitude 0952839.08 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.0491611 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.4775222 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
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 GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12070104
Drainage basin
11 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20200728 n/a
Drainage area
27.6 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
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 n/a

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