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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1988-04-21 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1989-05-19 2023-05-14
n/a Site Visits 1980-01-18 2024-09-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08160400 is associated with a Stream in Fayette County, Texas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1980 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 209.97 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 209.97 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08160400 n/a
Site name
Colorado Rv abv La Grange, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 295444 n/a
DMS longitude 0965413 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.9124474 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.9038699 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
Fayette County 149
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map La Grange West, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 209.97 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .21 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12090301
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
40874 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 29471 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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