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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2019-06-26 2019-10-08
Information Water-quality 2019-06-26 2019-10-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2019-06-26 2019-10-08
Nutrient Water-quality 2019-06-26 2019-10-08
Organics, other Water-quality 2019-06-26 2019-10-08
Physical Water-quality 2019-06-26 2019-10-08
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 424738076290701 is associated with a Stream in Cayuga County, New York. Water data back to 2019 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
424738076290701 n/a
Site name
OWASCO LAKE NEAR SEWARD POINT NY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 424738 n/a
DMS longitude 0762907 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.79388889 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.48527778 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
New York 36
State
New York 36
County
Cayuga County 011
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map OWASCO, NY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 711 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 4.3 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04140201
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 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
N 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 HABS n/a