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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1999-10-01 2012-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 2000-08-23 2011-12-05
n/a Site Visits 1999-09-20 2012-10-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2012-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 15088200 is associated with a Stream in City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska. Water data back to 1999 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
15088200 n/a
Site name
SILVER BAY TR AT BEAR COVE NR SITKA AK n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 570109 n/a
DMS longitude 1350945 n/a
Decimal latitude 57.01880376 n/a
Decimal longitude -135.1642635 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 3 sec (SPS GPS). R
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Alaska 02
State
Alaska 02
County
City and Borough of Sitka 220
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNWNES13 T056S R064E C n/a
Name of location map SITKA A-4 n/a
Scale of location map 63360 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 150 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 50 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
19010212
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19990830 n/a
Drainage area
.4 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation AKST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN 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