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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2021-01-14 2022-10-11
Information Water-quality 2020-11-18 2022-10-11
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Unit Values, Water-quality 2020-11-18 2022-10-11
Nutrient Unit Values, Water-quality 2020-11-18 2022-10-11
Physical Unit Values, Water-quality 2020-11-18 2022-10-11
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 300138090064700 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Water data back to 2020 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
300138090064700 n/a
Site name
New Canal Lighthouse at New Orleans, LA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 300137.8 n/a
DMS longitude 0900647.4 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.02716667 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.1131667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
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
Orleans Parish 071
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SPANISH FORT, LA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface -2 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1.6 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
08090202
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
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 n/a