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Physical Unit Values 2021-06-23 2024-12-04
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Monitoring location 08473326 is associated with a Stream in Hidalgo County, Texas. Current conditions of Specific conductance and Temperature are available. Water data back to 2021 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08473326 n/a
Site name
Rio Grande nr Mercedes, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 260341.66 n/a
DMS longitude 0975359.94 n/a
Decimal latitude 26.0615722 n/a
Decimal longitude -97.8999833 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Reported. R
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
Texas 48
State
Texas 48
County
Hidalgo County 215
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map PROGRESO, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 56 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
13090002
Drainage basin
23 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20061122 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
n/a
Data-other GW files Y 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 8653-00100 n/a

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