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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2000-07-11 2000-09-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2000-07-11 2000-09-14
Physical Water-quality 2000-07-11 2000-09-14
n/a Peak Measurements 2001-09-13 2008-09-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2008-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 301058089313900 is associated with an Estuary in Hancock County, Mississippi. Water data back to 2000 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
301058089313900 n/a
Site name
USCG PEARL RIVER ENTRANCE CHANNEL LIGHT 7A n/a
Site type
Estuary
ES
DMS latitude 301058 n/a
DMS longitude 0893139 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.18277778 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.5275 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
Mississippi 28
State
Mississippi 28
County
Hancock County 045
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map 411B ENGLISH LOOKOUT n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03180004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Offshore
O
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20000630 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 452800300 n/a