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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1956-11-06 1962-05-01
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1956-11-06 1962-05-01
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1956-11-06 1962-05-01
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1956-11-06 1962-05-01
Nutrient Water-quality 1956-11-06 1962-05-01
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1924-10-01 2024-11-26
Sediment Water-quality 1977-03-04 1979-03-05
n/a Peak Measurements 1876-06-01 2022-11-11
n/a Site Visits 1923-08-21 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03446000 is associated with a Stream in Henderson County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, and more are available. Water data back to 1876 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03446000 n/a
Site name
MILLS RIVER NEAR MILLS RIVER, NC n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 352353 n/a
DMS longitude 0823542 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.39805556 n/a
Decimal longitude -82.595 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
North Carolina 37
State
North Carolina 37
County
Henderson County 089
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SKYLAND, NC n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2088.39 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .15 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
06010105
Drainage basin
12 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
66.7 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

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