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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2000-11-08 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2000-11-08 2022-03-30
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 2951190901217 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Current conditions of Gage height, Salinity, Specific conductance, and more are available. Water data back to 2000 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
2951190901217 n/a
Site name
L. Cataouatche at Whiskey Canal S of Waggaman, LA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 295119 n/a
DMS longitude 0901217 n/a
Decimal latitude 29.85527778 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.2047222 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 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 -3.5 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .2 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
08090301
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20001101 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 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 AG100 n/a

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