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Williamson Ck at Jimmy Clay Rd, Austin, TX (USGS-08158970) 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 "Williamson Ck at Jimmy Clay Rd, Austin, TX" and has the identifier USGS-08158970. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12090205. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 27.6 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 27.6 sq mi.

This site is located in Travis County County, Texas at 30.18937800000000 degrees latitude and -97.7325040000000 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 494.30 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .17 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*
Information 1975 - 1981
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1975 - 1988
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1975 - 1988
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1975 - 1988
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1975 - 1988
Microbiological 1975 - 1988
Nutrient 1975 - 1988
Organics, Other 1975 - 1988
Organics, PCBs 1975 - 1981
Organics, Pesticide 1975 - 1985
Physical 1975 - 1988
Radiochemical 1980 - 1981
*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-TX
OrganizationFormalName USGS Texas Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-08158970
MonitoringLocationName Williamson Ck at Jimmy Clay Rd, Austin, TX
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 12090205
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 27.6
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 27.6
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 30.18937800000000
LongitudeMeasure -97.7325040000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 494.30
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .17
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 453
ProviderName NWIS