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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1979-10-04 1980-04-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1959-10-01 1968-09-30
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1959-10-01 1968-09-30
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1959-10-01 1968-09-30
Nutrient Water-quality 1959-10-01 1968-09-30
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1979-10-04 1980-04-10
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1940-10-01 2024-12-18
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1979-04-04 1980-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1901-03-21 2023-07-10
n/a Site Visits 1943-03-23 2024-09-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01200500 is associated with a Stream in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1901 are available online.

The elevation of this gage is 235.82 ft above NAVD of 1988. To obtain stream water surface elevation values in NAVD88, add 235.82 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01200500 n/a
Site name
HOUSATONIC RIVER AT GAYLORDSVILLE, CT n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413911 n/a
DMS longitude 0732925 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.6531496 n/a
Decimal longitude -73.4898462 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Connecticut 09
State
Connecticut 09
County
Litchfield County 005
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Kent, CT n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 235.82 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Housatonic 01100005
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19400701 n/a
Drainage area
996 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 240400100 n/a

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