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Potomac River Buoy 55/56 Btwn HL And IH - 383645077082500

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Monitoring location 383645077082500 is associated with an Estuary in Charles County, Maryland.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
383645077082500 n/a
Site name
POTOMAC RIVER BUOY 55/56 BTWN HL AND IH n/a
Site type
Estuary
ES
DMS latitude 383645 n/a
DMS longitude 0770825 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.61261824 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.1399788 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Maryland 24
State
Maryland 24
County
Charles County 017
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 n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan 02070010
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
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN 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