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Upper Twin Creek at McGaw OH (USGS-03237280) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Ohio Water Science Center (identifier USGS-OH), has the name "Upper Twin Creek at McGaw OH" and has the identifier USGS-03237280. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05090201. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 12.2 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 12.20 sq mi.

This site is located in Scioto County County, Ohio at 38.64368745000000 degrees latitude and -83.2157364800000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 541.88 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .10 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-03237280" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Information 1970 - 1991
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1967 - 2001
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1964 - 2001
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1967 - 2001
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1967 - 2001
Microbiological 1967 - 2000
Nutrient 1964 - 2001
Organics, Other 1970 - 2001
Organics, PCBs 1971 - 1981
Organics, Pesticide 1970 - 1981
Physical 1963 - 2001
Radiochemical 1968 - 2001
Sediment 1963 - 1995
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-OH
OrganizationFormalName USGS Ohio Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-03237280
MonitoringLocationName Upper Twin Creek at McGaw OH
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 05090201
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 12.2
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 12.20
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 38.64368745000000
LongitudeMeasure -83.2157364800000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 541.88
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .10
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 39
CountyCode 145
ProviderName NWIS