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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2022-03-02 2022-10-12
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2022-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01483511 is associated with a Tidal stream in Kent County, Delaware. Water data back to 2022 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01483511 n/a
Site name
LEIPSIC RIVER AT CHESWOLD, DE n/a
Site type
Tidal stream
ST-TS
DMS latitude 391438.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0753517.4 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.2439722 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.5881667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Kent County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map DOVER, DE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1.6 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Broadkill-Smyrna 02040207
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
17.6 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 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 n/a