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Potomac River at Colonial Beach, VA - 01660820

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Monitoring location 01660820 is associated with a Stream in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01660820 n/a
Site name
POTOMAC RIVER AT COLONIAL BEACH, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 381503 n/a
DMS longitude 0765737 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.25096277 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.95997188 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Virginia 51
State
Virginia 51
County
Westmoreland County 193
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map COLONIAL BEACH N n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Potomac 02070011
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 19901213 n/a
Drainage area
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