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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2008-06-01 2012-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 2009-06-05 2012-05-31
n/a Site Visits 2007-08-30 2012-09-13
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2007-01-01 2012-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 15960000 is associated with a Stream in North Slope Borough, Alaska. Water data back to 2007 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
15960000 n/a
Site name
TAMAYARIAK R NR KAKTOVIK AK n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 695155 n/a
DMS longitude 1453534 n/a
Decimal latitude 69.8650563 n/a
Decimal longitude -145.5955922 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
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
Alaska 02
State
Alaska 02
County
North Slope Borough 185
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENENES22 T006N R026E U n/a
Name of location map MT MICHELSON D-3 n/a
Scale of location map 63360 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 325 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 25 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
19060501
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
149 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