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TOWN CREEK NEAR GERALDINE AL (USGS-03572900) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Alabama Water Science Center (identifier USGS-AL), has the name "TOWN CREEK NEAR GERALDINE AL" and has the identifier USGS-03572900. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06030001. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 141.00 sq mi.

This site is located in Dekalb County County, Alabama at 34.37842350000000 degrees latitude and -85.9902524000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown. This site is at an elevation of 1002.52 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Unknown." is .01 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-03572900" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1977 - 1977
Biological, Counts 1977 - 1977
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1977 - 1977
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1965 - 1983
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1965 - 1983
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1965 - 1983
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1976 - 1983
Nutrient 1965 - 1983
Physical 1962 - 1983
Population/Community 1977 - 1977
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-AL
OrganizationFormalName USGS Alabama Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-03572900
MonitoringLocationName TOWN CREEK NEAR GERALDINE AL
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 06030001
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 141.00
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 34.37842350000000
LongitudeMeasure -85.9902524000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1002.52
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 01
CountyCode 049
ProviderName NWIS