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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1999-03-02 2003-09-03
Information Water-quality 1998-01-27 2018-09-22
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2000-05-02 2003-02-20
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-11-05 2018-09-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1999-04-26 2003-02-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1998-01-27 2018-09-22
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-11-05 2003-09-03
Nutrient Water-quality 1969-11-05 2018-09-22
Organics, other Water-quality 1998-01-27 2018-09-22
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2000-05-02 2005-07-27
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1969-11-05 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1999-04-26 2003-02-20
Sediment Water-quality 1999-05-17 2010-03-20
n/a Peak Measurements 1998-10-17 2022-11-04
n/a Site Visits 1958-10-02 2024-10-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08155400 is associated with a Stream in Travis County, Texas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1958 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 430.73 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 430.73 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08155400 n/a
Site name
Barton Ck abv Barton Spgs at Austin, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 301548 n/a
DMS longitude 0974619 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.26354168 n/a
Decimal longitude -97.772228 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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
Travis County 453
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Austin West, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 430.73 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .17 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12090205
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19980522 n/a
Drainage area
125 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 125 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 NYNNNNNN 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 8653-00120 n/a

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