Watch Hill Cove Tide Gage Westerly, RI - 411838071513000

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 0.15 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain tide water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 0.15 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	411838071513000	_n/a
Site name	WATCH HILL COVE TIDE GAGE WESTERLY, RI	_n/a
Site type	Coastal	OC-CO
DMS latitude	411838	_n/a
DMS longitude	0715130	_n/a
Decimal latitude	41.31055556	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-71.8583333	_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	Connecticut	09
State	Rhode Island	44
County	Washington County	009
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	Watch Hill	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	.15 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.14 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Long Island Sound	02030203
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNYNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_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

Operated in cooperation with:

Town of Westerly

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds