Watchung USGS unheated rain gage NJ

Important information about this monitoring location

The 15-minute precipitation data for this station are temporary and will only be displayed for 120 days. Although the instrumentation is calibrated at least once/year, the temporary classification means that documented routine inspections and other quality assurance measures are not performed that would make the data acceptable for archival, retrieval, or future use in general scientific or interpretive studies.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	403811074270501	_n/a
Site name	Watchung USGS unheated rain gage NJ	_n/a
Site type	Atmosphere	AT
DMS latitude	403811	_n/a
DMS longitude	0742705	_n/a
Decimal latitude	40.63638889	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-74.45138889	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
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	New Jersey	34
State	New Jersey	34
County	Somerset County	035
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	Watchung Borough	_n/a
Name of location map	Chatham	_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	Raritan	02030105
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	20080827	_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

Operated in cooperation with:

County of Somerset, New Jersey

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds