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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Unit Values 2020-02-18 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2021-05-21 2024-07-29
n/a Site Visits 2020-03-26 2024-10-03
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08117855 is associated with a Stream in Matagorda County, Texas. Current conditions of Discharge and 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
08117855 n/a
Site name
Caney Ck at SH 35 nr Van Vleck, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 290230.20 n/a
DMS longitude 0955148.67 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.0417222 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.8635194 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
Matagorda County 321
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map ASHWOOD, 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
12090402
Drainage basin
13 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 20190917 n/a
Drainage area
97.5 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
Minimal data. M
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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