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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1978-07-10 2022-09-22
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1977-05-05 2022-09-22
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1977-05-05 2022-09-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1977-10-05 1990-11-06
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1977-10-05 1990-11-06
Microbiological Water-quality 1977-05-05 1991-05-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1977-05-05 2022-09-22
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1977-10-05 1990-11-06
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2020-06-24 2020-09-22
Organics, other Water-quality 1977-05-05 2022-09-22
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1977-10-05 2022-02-15
Physical Water-quality 1977-05-05 2022-09-22
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-02-19 1981-08-18
Sediment Water-quality 1978-09-28 1981-06-23
n/a Site Visits 1975-08-05 2022-09-22
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01400120 is associated with a Stream in Somerset County, New Jersey. Water data back to 1975 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01400120 n/a
Site name
Raritan R at Raritan NJ n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 403352 n/a
DMS longitude 0743809 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.56444444 n/a
Decimal longitude -74.6358333 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 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
New Jersey 34
State
New Jersey 34
County
Somerset County 035
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Raritan n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Raritan 02030105
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 n/a
Drainage area
474.00 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 00300 n/a