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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values 2023-09-27 2024-11-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2023-09-27 2024-11-21
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03197937 is associated with a Stream in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Current conditions of Dissolved organic matter fluorescence (fDOM), Dissolved oxygen, Specific conductance, and more are available. Water data back to 2023 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03197937 n/a
Site name
ELK RIVER AB ELK TWOMILE CREEK AT CHARLESTON, WV n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 382209.29 n/a
DMS longitude 0813625.02 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.3692472 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.60695 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
West Virginia 54
State
West Virginia 54
County
Kanawha County 039
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map CHARLESTON EAST, WV n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 571 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
05050007
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
1520 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 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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