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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1969-05-27 1973-02-22
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-05-27 1973-02-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-06-22 1971-06-22
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1969-05-27 1973-02-22
Microbiological Water-quality 1970-04-15 1973-02-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1969-05-27 1973-02-22
Organics, other Water-quality 1969-05-27 1973-02-22
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1970-02-05 1970-02-05
Physical Water-quality 1969-05-27 1973-02-22
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02176912 is associated with a Stream in Macon County, North Carolina. Water data back to 1969 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02176912 n/a
Site name
CHATTOOGA RIVER NEAR HIGHLANDS, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 350057 n/a
DMS longitude 0830736 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.01592238 n/a
Decimal longitude -83.1265386 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
Macon County 113
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map HIGHLANDS, NC n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2397 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1.6 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Tugaloo 03060102
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
22.90 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 NYNNNNNN 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