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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-10-29 1978-09-12
Information Water-quality 1966-01-13 1994-05-16
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1966-01-13 1978-09-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-01-13 1978-09-12
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-11-19 1978-08-29
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1966-01-13 1978-08-29
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-10-22 1978-09-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1966-01-13 1978-09-12
Organics, other Water-quality 1970-11-09 1978-09-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1907-10-01 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1974-10-29 1978-09-12
Sediment Water-quality 1974-10-29 1978-09-12
n/a Peak Measurements 1908-04-28 2023-06-19
n/a Site Visits 1937-04-30 2024-09-12
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01046500 is associated with a Stream in Somerset County, Maine. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1907 are available online.

The elevation of this gage is 329.98 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 329.98 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01046500 n/a
Site name
Kennebec River at Bingham, Maine n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 450307 n/a
DMS longitude 0695308 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.0519444 n/a
Decimal longitude -69.8855556 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Maine 23
State
Maine 23
County
Somerset County 025
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Bingham n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 329.98 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .13 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Kennebec 01030003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNYNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
2724 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 2724 square miles 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 242500100 n/a

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