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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2014-12-31 2024-12-03
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2015-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 420259070105600 is associated with an Ocean in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 2014 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
420259070105600 n/a
Site name
PROVINCETOWN TIDE GAGE, PROVINCETOWN, MA n/a
Site type
Ocean
OC
DMS latitude 420259 n/a
DMS longitude 0701056 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.0497222 n/a
Decimal longitude -70.1822222 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. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Massachusetts 25
State
Massachusetts 25
County
Barnstable County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map 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
Cape Cod 01090002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
20141229 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20141229 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
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 00100 n/a