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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1989-03-01 2007-09-30
n/a Peak Measurements 1984-08-19 2006-10-09
n/a Site Visits 1984-08-19 2007-10-15
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2007-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 15272280 is associated with a Stream in Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. Water data back to 1984 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
15272280 n/a
Site name
PORTAGE C AT PORTAGE LK OUTLET NR WHITTIER AK n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 604707 n/a
DMS longitude 1485020 n/a
Decimal latitude 60.78471779 n/a
Decimal longitude -148.8410319 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 min. M
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
Municipality of Anchorage 020
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESWNES13 T008N R003E S n/a
Name of location map SEWARD D-5SW n/a
Scale of location map 25000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 95. feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
19020302
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
40.7 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