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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1971-05-01 1982-09-29
Sediment Water-quality 1977-04-01 1979-09-05
n/a Peak Measurements 1972-06-21 2007-06-25
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02115856 is associated with a Stream in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Water data back to 1971 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02115856 n/a
Site name
SALEM CREEK NR ATWOOD, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 360210 n/a
DMS longitude 0801835 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.03624827 n/a
Decimal longitude -80.3094961 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
North Carolina 37
State
North Carolina 37
County
Forsyth County 067
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 693.97 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Upper Yadkin 03040101
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 n/a
Drainage area
65.60 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