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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2011-03-09 2022-10-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2011-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 355031081243245 is associated with an Atmosphere in Caldwell County, North Carolina. Water data back to 2011 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
355031081243245 n/a
Site name
RAINGAGE AT GRANITE FALLS RESEARCH STATION n/a
Site type
Atmosphere
AT
DMS latitude 355031.50 n/a
DMS longitude 0812432.64 n/a
Decimal latitude 35.8420833 n/a
Decimal longitude -81.4090667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .01 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). H
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
Caldwell County 027
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1280 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Upper Catawba 03050101
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 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 EST 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 GC11MHODDR01 n/a

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