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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	15580095	n/a
Location name	NIUKLUK R AB MELSING C AT COUNCIL AK	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	64.89194444444445	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-163.67	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from digital map	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
District	Alaska	02
State	Alaska	02
County	Nome Census Area	180
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	59.2 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.1 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Nome	19050104
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	707 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	AKST	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 Niukluk R AB Melsing C at Council AK - USGS-15580095