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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Unit Values 2021-04-14 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1865-01-01 1953-10-22
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08462500 is associated with a Stream in Starr County, Texas. Current conditions of Specific conductance and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1865 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08462500 n/a
Site name
Rio Grande at Roma, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 262400 n/a
DMS longitude 0990100 n/a
Decimal latitude 26.40034048 n/a
Decimal longitude -99.0169745 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Reported. R
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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
Starr County 427
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Roma-Los Saenz West n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 142.65 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
13090001
Drainage basin
23 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
166464 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 166464 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 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 n/a

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