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ALABAMA RIVER AB OIL FIELD NR SOUTH CARLTON, AL. (USGS-02429615) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Alabama Water Science Center (identifier USGS-AL), has the name "ALABAMA RIVER AB OIL FIELD NR SOUTH CARLTON, AL." and has the identifier USGS-02429615. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03150204. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 22640.00 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 22640.00 sq mi.

This site is located in Clarke County County, Alabama at 31.25517145000000 degrees latitude and -87.8441626900000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-02429615" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1963 - 1970
Physical 1963 - 1970
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-AL
OrganizationFormalName USGS Alabama Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-02429615
MonitoringLocationName ALABAMA RIVER AB OIL FIELD NR SOUTH CARLTON, AL.
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03150204
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 22640.00
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 22640.00
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 31.25517145000000
LongitudeMeasure -87.8441626900000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 01
CountyCode 025
ProviderName NWIS