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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2016-07-06 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2016-08-21 2023-03-28
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2016-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08168770 is associated with a Stream in Comal County, Texas. Current conditions of Gage height, Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 2016 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08168770 n/a
Site name
WFk Dry Comal Ck at Schuetz Dam, New Braunfels, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 294033.22 n/a
DMS longitude 0981503.92 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.67589444 n/a
Decimal longitude -98.2510889 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
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 n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 790.05 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .12 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12100202
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20160511 n/a
Drainage area
30.3 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 30.3 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
Minimal data. M
Data-other GW files 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 n/a

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