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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1979-01-11 2011-01-09
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1979-01-11 2009-09-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-01-11 2011-01-09
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-01-11 2009-09-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1979-01-11 2011-01-09
Microbiological Water-quality 1979-01-11 2009-09-13
Nutrient Water-quality 1979-01-11 2011-01-09
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1979-01-11 1981-03-04
Organics, other Water-quality 1979-01-11 2011-01-09
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1979-01-11 2009-09-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1978-12-18 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-05-13 2001-10-11
Sediment Water-quality 2001-10-11 2010-04-17
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2009-09-12 2009-09-12
n/a Peak Measurements 1979-05-22 2022-12-19
n/a Site Visits 1979-01-11 2024-08-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08158860 is associated with a Stream in Travis County, Texas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1978 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 656.16 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 656.16 feet to gage height values
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08158860 n/a
Site name
Slaughter Ck at FM 2304 nr Austin, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 300943 n/a
DMS longitude 0974955 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.1621554 n/a
Decimal longitude -97.8322279 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 Oak Hill, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 654.80 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
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
23.1 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 23.1 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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