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Salt Ck nr Aspermont, TX (USGS-08080250) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Texas Water Science Center (identifier USGS-TX), has the name "Salt Ck nr Aspermont, TX" and has the identifier USGS-08080250. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12050004. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 20.0 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 20.0 sq mi.

This site is located in Stonewall County County, Texas at 33.04593287000000 degrees latitude and -100.3767751000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 1780 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model" is 20 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

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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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1966 - 1967
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1966 - 1968
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1966 - 1966
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1966 - 1966
Nutrient 1966 - 1966
Physical 1966 - 1968
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-TX
OrganizationFormalName USGS Texas Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-08080250
MonitoringLocationName Salt Ck nr Aspermont, TX
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 12050004
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 20.0
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 20.0
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 33.04593287000000
LongitudeMeasure -100.3767751000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1780
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 20
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 433
ProviderName NWIS