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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2004-09-15 2005-05-04
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2004-05-19 2005-09-30
n/a Peak Measurements 2004-06-04 2005-05-06
n/a Site Visits 2004-05-19 2005-10-26
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 15297580 is associated with a Stream in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska. Water data back to 2004 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
15297580 n/a
Site name
ALEC R NR CHIGNIK AK n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 562714.4 n/a
DMS longitude 1585458.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 56.4532127 n/a
Decimal longitude -158.9182398 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 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Alaska 02
State
Alaska 02
County
Lake and Peninsula Borough 164
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSESES17 T043S R061W S n/a
Name of location map CHIGNIK B-3 n/a
Scale of location map 63360 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 32. feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
19020702
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
123 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 Y 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