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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1999-07-21 2005-08-09
Information Water-quality 1998-10-22 2011-09-28
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1998-10-22 2007-08-29
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1998-10-22 2011-09-28
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1999-06-29 2007-08-29
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1998-10-22 2007-08-29
Microbiological Water-quality 2011-08-29 2011-08-29
Nutrient Water-quality 1998-10-22 2011-09-28
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1999-06-29 2007-08-29
Organics, other Water-quality 1998-10-22 2010-11-15
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1998-10-22 2011-09-28
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1998-10-22 2011-09-28
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1999-06-29 2007-08-29
Sediment Water-quality 1998-10-22 2011-08-29
n/a Peak Measurements 2000-04-22 2000-04-22
n/a Site Visits 1999-04-13 2012-08-09
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2012-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01104615 is associated with a Stream in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Water data back to 1998 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01104615 n/a
Site name
CHARLES RIVER ABOVE WATERTOWN DAM AT WATERTOWN, MA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 422153 n/a
DMS longitude 0711125 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.3648189 n/a
Decimal longitude -71.18977668 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Massachusetts 25
State
Massachusetts 25
County
Middlesex County 017
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map NEWTON, MA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 08 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Charles 01090001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19981001 n/a
Drainage area
271 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 247 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 442515400 n/a