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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2012-08-09 2012-08-09
Nutrient Water-quality 2012-08-09 2012-08-09
Organics, other Water-quality 2012-08-09 2012-08-09
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2002-11-26 2024-11-12
n/a Site Visits 1924-08-31 2024-10-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08168000 is associated with a Spring in Comal County, Texas. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1924 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 643.85 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 643.85 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08168000 n/a
Site name
Hueco Spgs nr New Braunfels, TX n/a
Site type
Spring
SP
DMS latitude 294533 n/a
DMS longitude 0980823 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.7593893 n/a
Decimal longitude -98.140009 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
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
Comal County 091
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Sattler, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 643.85 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .20 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12100202
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Hillside
S
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files NYYNNNNN 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 8653-00170 n/a

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