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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1992-10-14 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 220427159300201 is associated with an Atmosphere in Kauai County, Hawaii. Current conditions of Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1992 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
220427159300201 n/a
Site name
1047.0 Mt. Waialeale Rain Gage nr Lihue, Kauai, HI n/a
Site type
Atmosphere
AT
DMS latitude 220415.2 n/a
DMS longitude 1592952.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 22.07088889 n/a
Decimal longitude -159.4979722 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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 KAPAA, HI n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 5150 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
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 YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
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 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

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