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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1978-09-12 1980-09-17
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1974-04-17 1980-09-17
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-04-17 1980-09-17
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1974-04-17 1980-09-17
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-07-26 1974-07-26
Nutrient Water-quality 1974-04-17 1980-09-17
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1974-04-17 2014-06-30
n/a Peak Measurements 1979-02-26 2014-04-30
n/a Site Visits 1974-04-17 2014-07-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2013-01-01 2014-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01483170 is associated with a Stream in New Castle County, Delaware. Water data back to 1974 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01483170 n/a
Site name
DOVE NEST BRANCH NEAR ODESSA, DE n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 392745.4 n/a
DMS longitude 0754115.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.4626111 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.6877222 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
Maryland 24
State
Delaware 10
County
New Castle County 003
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map MIDDLETOWN, DE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2.21 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Brandywine-Christina 02040205
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
4.68 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 441000100 n/a