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Big Otter River Near Altavista, VA - 02062000

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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1930-04-01 1930-04-01
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1930-04-01 1930-04-01
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1930-04-01 1930-04-01
Nutrient Water-quality 1930-04-01 1930-04-01
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1929-10-01 1936-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1929-10-02 1937-10-19
n/a Site Visits 1929-10-23 1936-08-18
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02062000 is associated with a Stream in Campbell County, Virginia. Water data back to 1929 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02062000 n/a
Site name
BIG OTTER RIVER NEAR ALTAVISTA, VA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 371105 n/a
DMS longitude 0791645 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.18486594 n/a
Decimal longitude -79.27891269 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
Campbell County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map LYNCH STATION n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 540.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined U n/a
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Upper Roanoke 03010101
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
362 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