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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2018-04-05 2023-09-11
Information Water-quality 2018-04-05 2023-09-11
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2018-04-05 2023-09-11
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2018-04-05 2023-09-11
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2023-05-01 2023-09-11
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2023-05-01 2023-09-11
Nutrient Water-quality 2018-04-05 2023-08-07
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2023-07-10 2023-09-11
Organics, other Water-quality 2023-05-01 2023-09-11
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2023-07-10 2023-09-11
Physical Water-quality 2018-04-05 2023-09-11
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 432020078431901 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Niagara County, New York. Water data back to 2018 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
432020078431901 n/a
Site name
LAKE ONTARIO AT OLCOTT, NY n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 432020.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0784318.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.3389722 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.7218333 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Niagara County 063
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map NEWFANE, NY 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
04150200
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 GLRI n/a