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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2015-11-12 2024-11-05
n/a Peak Measurements 2021-02-19 2023-02-20
n/a Site Visits 2016-02-24 2024-10-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2016-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 16057900 is associated with a Stream in Kauai County, Hawaii. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2015 are available online.

On June 9, 2020 the station was moved upstream approximately 80 feet, gage datum +1 foot.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
16057900 n/a
Site name
Waiahi Str US Upper Powerhouse, Kauai, HI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 220121.7 n/a
DMS longitude 1592754.2 n/a
Decimal latitude 22.02269444 n/a
Decimal longitude -159.4650556 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 (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Hawaii 15
State
Hawaii 15
County
Kauai County 007
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map WAIALEALE, HI n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 815 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 20 feet n/a
Altitude datum
Local Mean Sea Level LMSL
Subbasin hydrologic unit
20070000
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
4.09 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation HST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files 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

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