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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Unit Values 2018-04-15 2024-11-24
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Monitoring location 371709079580800 is associated with an Atmosphere in Roanoke City, Virginia. Current conditions of Precipitation are available. Water data back to 2018 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
371709079580800 n/a
Site name
METEOROLOGICAL STN AT FIRE STN 5 AT ROANOKE, VA n/a
Site type
Atmosphere
AT
DMS latitude 371708.8 n/a
DMS longitude 0795807.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.28577778 n/a
Decimal longitude -79.9688333 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
Virginia 51
State
Virginia 51
County
Roanoke City 770
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map ROANOKE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 991.28 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .15 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Upper Roanoke 03010101
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 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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