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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-07-16 2022-10-24
Information Water-quality 1971-03-09 2024-02-07
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1953-09-17 2023-09-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1953-09-17 2024-02-07
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-10-01 2023-09-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1953-09-17 2023-09-12
Microbiological Water-quality 1968-08-09 2024-02-07
Nutrient Water-quality 1953-09-17 2023-11-03
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1972-07-11 1976-08-18
Organics, other Water-quality 1972-07-11 2023-10-25
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1972-07-11 1994-06-01
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1930-10-01 2024-12-04
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1983-11-15 2023-09-12
Sediment Water-quality 1973-10-10 2023-03-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1931-03-09 2023-01-26
n/a Site Visits 1937-11-30 2024-09-03
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01196500 is associated with a Stream in New Haven County, Connecticut. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1930 are available online.

The elevation of this gage is 18.17 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 18.17 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01196500 n/a
Site name
QUINNIPIAC RIVER AT WALLINGFORD, CT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 412700.95 n/a
DMS longitude 0725028.59 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.45026389 n/a
Decimal longitude -72.841275 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .01 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). H
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Connecticut 09
State
Connecticut 09
County
New Haven County 009
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map WALLINGFORD, CT n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 18.17 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .16 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Quinnipiac 01100004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19301001 n/a
Drainage area
115 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 2404-00100 n/a