Rippowam River at Stamford, Ct. - 01209901

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of this gage is 17.32 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 17.32 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01209901	_n/a
Site name	RIPPOWAM RIVER AT STAMFORD, CT.	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	410358.00	_n/a
DMS longitude	0733257.38	_n/a
Decimal latitude	41.0661111	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-73.5492722	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .01 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS).	H
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Connecticut	09
State	Connecticut	09
County	Fairfield County	001
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	STAMFORD, CT	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	17.32 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.16 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Saugatuck	01100006
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting	Stream channel	C
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNYNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	20021001	_n/a
Drainage area	34.0 square miles	_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	NNNNNNNN	_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	442510000	_n/a

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