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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1985-06-13 2005-08-24
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1990-03-27 1999-08-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1990-03-27 2024-12-11
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1990-03-27 1999-08-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1990-03-27 1999-08-12
Microbiological Water-quality 1990-03-27 1999-08-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1990-05-29 1999-08-12
Organics, other Water-quality 1998-11-04 1999-08-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1980-10-01 2024-12-11
n/a Peak Measurements 1979-04-13 2024-02-12
n/a Site Visits 1976-03-15 2024-12-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 02423380 is associated with a Stream in Jefferson County, Alabama. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 1976 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
02423380 n/a
Site name
CAHABA RIVER NEAR MOUNTAIN BROOK AL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 332854 n/a
DMS longitude 0864246 n/a
Decimal latitude 33.4817724 n/a
Decimal longitude -86.7127653 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
Alabama 01
State
Alabama 01
County
Jefferson County 073
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 443.99 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
03150202
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
140.00 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 140.00 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST 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

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Birmingham Water Works Board
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City of Vestavia Hills
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Jefferson County Health Department
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