Roanoke River at Altavista, VA

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	02060500	_n/a
Site name	ROANOKE RIVER AT ALTAVISTA, VA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	370620.5	_n/a
DMS longitude	0791708.3	_n/a
Decimal latitude	37.10569444	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-79.28563889	_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	Virginia	51
State	Virginia	51
County	Pittsylvania County	143
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	ALTAVISTA	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	502.27 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.	D
Altitude accuracy	.01 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Roanoke	03010101
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	19901213	_n/a
Drainage area	1782 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		_n/a

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