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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2000-04-03 2000-04-03
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2000-04-03 2000-04-03
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2000-04-03 2000-04-03
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2000-04-03 2000-04-03
Nutrient Water-quality 2000-04-03 2000-04-03
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2000-04-03 2000-04-03
Physical Water-quality 2000-04-03 2000-04-03
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 391354075344301 is associated with a Stream in Kent County, Delaware. Water data back to 2000 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
391354075344301 n/a
Site name
ALSTON BRANCH NEAR CHESWOLD, DE n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 391354 n/a
DMS longitude 0753443 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.23166667 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.5786111 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 10 sec. T
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Maryland 24
State
Delaware 10
County
Kent County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map DOVER, DE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 18 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Broadkill-Smyrna 02040207
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 19991118 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 442418900 n/a