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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1999-03-02 2003-07-31
Information Daily Values, Water-quality 1978-07-18 2024-11-20
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1978-07-18 2023-08-10
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1969-11-05 2024-11-21
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-07-18 2023-04-19
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-07-18 2023-08-10
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-11-05 2010-03-02
Nutrient Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1969-11-05 2024-11-21
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1978-07-18 2004-10-23
Organics, other Water-quality 1978-07-18 2023-12-14
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1978-07-18 2023-12-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1969-11-05 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1978-07-18 2007-08-23
Sediment Water-quality 1999-05-27 2010-03-02
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2008-11-25 2021-10-20
n/a Site Visits 1960-07-25 2024-11-14
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08155500 is associated with a Spring in Travis County, Texas. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved organic matter fluorescence (fDOM), Dissolved oxygen, and more are available. Water data back to 1960 are available online.

The datum elevation of this station has been determined to be 412.01 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain gage-height values in NAVD 1988, add 412.01 ft
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08155500 n/a
Site name
Barton Spgs at Austin, TX n/a
Site type
Spring
SP
DMS latitude 301548 n/a
DMS longitude 0974616 n/a
Decimal latitude 30.26354169 n/a
Decimal longitude -97.7713947 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Texas 48
State
Texas 48
County
Travis County 453
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Austin West, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 412.01 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .18 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12090205
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
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files NYYNNNNN 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 4648-00120 n/a

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