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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1970-09-24 1981-08-11
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1974-03-18 1981-08-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1965-08-10 1981-08-26
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1975-09-11 1981-07-31
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1974-09-16 1981-08-26
Nutrient Water-quality 1969-10-16 1981-07-31
Organics, other Water-quality 1975-09-11 1981-07-31
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1965-06-01 2024-12-17
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-07-31 1981-07-31
Sediment Water-quality 1969-10-16 1974-09-23
n/a Peak Measurements 1966-02-14 2023-01-04
n/a Site Visits 1966-01-02 2024-10-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03159540 is associated with a Stream in Meigs County, Ohio. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1965 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03159540 n/a
Site name
Shade River near Chester OH n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 390349 n/a
DMS longitude 0815255 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.06368935 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.8818024 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
Ohio 39
State
Ohio 39
County
Meigs County 105
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 576.28 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05030202
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
156 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 156.00 square miles 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 Pennsylvanian aquifers N300PNSLVN
Local aquifer Monongahela Formation 321MNGL
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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