East Fork Pigeon River Near Canton, NC

Operation of this gage will discontinue on June 30, 2025, after funding ends. Questions regarding extending the operation beyond June 30th can be directed to the Acting Assistant Director for Data for North Carolina Andrew Knaak (aknaak@usgs.gov, (470) 328-9730).

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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	03456500	_n/a
Site name	EAST FORK PIGEON RIVER NEAR CANTON, NC	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	352742	_n/a
DMS longitude	0825211	_n/a
Decimal latitude	35.46166667	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-82.8697222	_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.	S
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	North Carolina	37
State	North Carolina	37
County	Haywood County	087
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	CRUSO, NC	_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	2674.41 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.09 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Pigeon	06010106
Drainage basin	12	_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	51.5 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	NYNNNNNN	_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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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality - NC DEQ