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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1990-06-07 2000-02-22
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1990-06-07 2000-02-22
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1990-06-07 2000-02-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1990-06-07 1991-05-30
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1990-06-07 2000-02-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1990-06-07 2000-02-22
Organics, other Water-quality 1990-06-07 1998-09-21
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1990-06-07 2000-02-22
Physical Water-quality 1990-06-07 2000-02-22
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1990-06-07 1991-03-06
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01493495 is associated with a Stream in Kent County, Maryland. Water data back to 1990 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01493495 n/a
Site name
MORGAN CREEK NEAR LOCUST GROVE, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 391821 n/a
DMS longitude 0755803 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.3059443 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.967165 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 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Maryland 24
State
Maryland 24
County
Kent County 029
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map GALENA, MD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 35 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Chester-Sassafras 02060002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19900529 n/a
Drainage area
3.13 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