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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2021-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2022-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 353459081334545 is associated with an Atmosphere in Burke County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Precipitation are available. Water data back to 2021 are available online.

Historical precipitation data prior to 10/01/2021 are available at USGS 02143040 JACOB FORK AT RAMSEY, NC.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
353459081334545 n/a
Site name
RAINGAGE AT FIRE STATION 56 AT RAMSEY, NC n/a
Site type
Atmosphere
AT
DMS latitude 353459 n/a
DMS longitude 0813344.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.58305556 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.5624167 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
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
North Carolina 37
State
North Carolina 37
County
Burke County 023
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map CASAR, NC n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1291 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
South Fork Catawba 03050102
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 EST 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

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