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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1981-10-29 1984-08-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-10-11 1978-07-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1948-01-01 2024-11-28
n/a Peak Measurements 1948-02-14 2023-04-29
n/a Site Visits 1948-01-17 2024-11-18
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2007-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01493000 is associated with a Stream in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1948 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01493000 n/a
Site name
UNICORN BRANCH NEAR MILLINGTON, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 391459.8 n/a
DMS longitude 0755141.4 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.24994444 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.8615 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
Maryland 24
County
Queen Anne's County 035
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map MILLINGTON, MD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2.78 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Chester-Sassafras 02060002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YYNNYNYNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
19.7 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 n/a

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