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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2012-12-06 2024-11-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2014-01-01 2021-01-01
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Monitoring location 422518071162501 is associated with a Field, Pasture, Orchard, or Nursery in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Current conditions of Precipitation, Temperature, Wind direction, and more are available. Water data back to 2012 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
422518071162501 n/a
Site name
CAMBRIDGE RES., MET. STATION, NEAR LEXINGTON, MA n/a
Site type
Field, Pasture, Orchard, or Nursery
FA-FON
DMS latitude 422518 n/a
DMS longitude 0711625 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.42166667 n/a
Decimal longitude -71.2736111 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Massachusetts 25
State
Massachusetts 25
County
Middlesex County 017
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Concord SE NE, MA n/a
Scale of location map 7200 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 191 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Charles 01090001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Flat surface
F
Flags for instruments at site YNNNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20121128 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 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 GC13LG000014 n/a