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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1992-02-11 2000-09-15
Information Water-quality 1975-01-15 2018-05-04
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1975-01-15 1996-05-31
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1975-01-15 2018-05-04
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1975-01-15 1999-10-30
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1975-01-15 2018-05-04
Microbiological Water-quality 1975-01-15 2001-10-11
Nutrient Water-quality 1975-01-15 2018-05-04
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1975-01-15 1996-05-27
Organics, other Water-quality 1975-01-15 2018-05-04
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1975-01-15 2008-05-08
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1975-01-15 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-04-25 1999-10-30
Sediment Water-quality 1999-03-18 2010-03-20
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1994-09-09 1995-01-11
n/a Peak Measurements 1974-11-23 2023-04-20
n/a Site Visits 1974-11-23 2024-10-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08156800 is associated with a Stream in Travis County, Texas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1974 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08156800 n/a
Site name
Shoal Ck at W 12th St, Austin, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 301635 n/a
DMS longitude 0974500 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.276598 n/a
Decimal longitude -97.7503052 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 455.45 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .22 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 n/a
Drainage area
12.3 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 12.3 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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