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4 data types available - data from 2009-09-16 to 2026-08-05

Daily data

3 data types available - data from 2009-09-16 to 2026-08-03

Field measurements

5 data types available - data from 2009-09-16 to 2026-06-25

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481 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 2016-06-23 to 2016-08-09

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2 data types available - with data from 2009-10-25 to 2025-03-17

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3 data types available - data from 2009-09-16 to 2026-08-03

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 452.00 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 452.00 feet to gage height values.

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01154950	n/a
Location name	COLD RIVER AT HIGH STREET, AT ALSTEAD, NH	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	43.1494444444444	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-72.3616666666667	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
District	New Hampshire	33
State	New Hampshire	33
County	Cheshire County	005
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	452 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	0.01 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Waits River-Connecticut River	01080104
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	74.6 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area	74.6 square miles	n/a
Time zone abbreviation	EST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	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

Monitoring location Cold River at High Street, at Alstead, NH - USGS-01154950