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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Unit Values 2022-09-20 2023-07-11
Physical Unit Values 2022-08-04 2024-11-23
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08474320 is associated with a Stream in Cameron County, Texas. Current conditions of Gage height and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 2022 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be .14 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add .14 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08474320 n/a
Site name
North Main Drain at Ostos Rd, Brownsville, TX n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 255724.0 n/a
DMS longitude 0972231.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 25.95666667 n/a
Decimal longitude -97.3754167 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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
Cameron County 061
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map EAST BROWNSVILLE, TX n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface .14 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .23 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
12110208
Drainage basin
23 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNYNNNYYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20220711 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 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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