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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2002-05-23 2003-03-11
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2002-05-23 2003-03-11
Nutrient Water-quality 2002-05-23 2003-03-11
Organics, other Water-quality 2002-05-23 2003-03-11
Physical Water-quality 2002-05-23 2003-03-11
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02176730 is associated with an Estuary in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Water data back to 2002 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02176730 n/a
Site name
May River above Brighton Beach MR2-02 n/a
Site type
Estuary
ES
DMS latitude 321228 n/a
DMS longitude 0805206 n/a
Decimal latitude 32.20777778 n/a
Decimal longitude -80.8683333 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. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
South Carolina 45
State
South Carolina 45
County
Beaufort County 013
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Bluffton, SC 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
Broad-St. Helena 03050208
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
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 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 454513400 n/a