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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Daily Values, Unit Values 1984-10-01 2024-11-23
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1999-10-01 2024-11-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
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Monitoring location 08206900 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Live Oak County, Texas. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929 and Reservoir storage are available. Water data back to 1984 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 0.00 feet above NGVD 1929. To obtain reservoir water-surface elevations in NAVD 1988 add 0.05 feet to NGVD 1929 Values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08206900 n/a
Site name
Choke Canyon Res nr Three Rivers, TX n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 282901 n/a
DMS longitude 0981444 n/a
Decimal latitude 28.4838811 n/a
Decimal longitude -98.245842 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
Live Oak County 297
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Three Rivers, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Reported method of determination. R
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12110108
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
5490 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 5490 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 8653-00170 n/a

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