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Whitewater River nr. Nulltown, IN (USGS-393259085101200) 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 "Whitewater River nr. Nulltown, IN" and has the identifier USGS-393259085101200. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05080003. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 533 sq mi.

This site is located in Fayette County County, Indiana at 39.54977090000000 degrees latitude and -85.1699634000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 739 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 5 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-393259085101200" 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 1999 - 2000
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1999 - 2000
Information 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1998 - 1998
Nutrient 1998 - 2000
Organics, Other 1998 - 1998
Organics, PCBs 1998 - 1998
Organics, Pesticide 1998 - 1998
Physical 1998 - 1999
Radiochemical 1998 - 1998
Sediment 1998 - 1998
*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-OH
OrganizationFormalName USGS Ohio Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-393259085101200
MonitoringLocationName Whitewater River nr. Nulltown, IN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 05080003
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 533
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 39.54977090000000
LongitudeMeasure -85.1699634000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 739
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 18
CountyCode 041
ProviderName NWIS