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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1972-07-10 1972-08-29
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-07-10 1976-07-06
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1972-07-10 1972-08-29
Nutrient Water-quality 1972-07-10 1972-08-29
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1971-10-01 2004-09-29
Sediment Water-quality 1972-07-10 1973-06-16
n/a Peak Measurements 1972-06-13 2004-06-09
n/a Site Visits 1992-06-13 2004-07-13
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 15798700 is associated with a Stream in North Slope Borough, Alaska. Water data back to 1971 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
15798700 n/a
Site name
NUNAVAK C NR BARROW AK n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 711535 n/a
DMS longitude 1564657 n/a
Decimal latitude 71.25930339 n/a
Decimal longitude -156.7859722 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
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
North Slope Borough 185
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 19 feet n/a
Method altitude determined U n/a
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
19060202
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
2.9 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