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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1979-04-17 1981-08-25
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-04-08 1981-08-25
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-04-17 1981-08-25
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-08-20 1981-08-25
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1979-04-17 1981-08-25
Nutrient Water-quality 1980-04-08 1980-04-08
Organics, other Water-quality 1980-04-08 1981-08-25
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1979-04-17 2015-07-08
n/a Peak Measurements 2012-10-30 2015-06-28
n/a Site Visits 1979-04-17 2015-07-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2013-01-01 2015-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01601100 is associated with a Stream in Allegany County, Maryland. Water data back to 1979 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01601100 n/a
Site name
WILLS CREEK AT ELLERSLIE, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 394306.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0784615.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.7185 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.7709722 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
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
Maryland 24
County
Allegany County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map CUMBERLAND, MD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 709.77 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
North Branch Potomac 02070002
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 n/a
Drainage area
185 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