Barataria Bay near Grand Terre Island, LA

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	291929089562600	_n/a
Site name	Barataria Bay near Grand Terre Island, LA	_n/a
Site type	Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment	LK
DMS latitude	291929	_n/a
DMS longitude	0895625.8	_n/a
Decimal latitude	29.3247222	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-89.9405	_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	Louisiana	22
State	Louisiana	22
County	Jefferson Parish	051
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	-2.3 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.26 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	East Central Louisiana Coastal	08090301
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting	Offshore	O
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNYNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_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	CST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_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	AG100	_n/a

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Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds