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Town (Lady Bird) Lk Site AC at Austin, TX (USGS-301500097424801) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS Texas Water Science Center (identifier USGS-TX), has the name "Town (Lady Bird) Lk Site AC at Austin, TX" and has the identifier USGS-301500097424801. 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 is located in Travis County County, Texas at 30.25041667000000 degrees latitude and -97.7138333000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is .5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 0 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Reported method of determination." is 1 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-301500097424801" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2006 - 2018
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2015 - 2018
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1989 - 2018
Biological, Fish 2015 - 2018
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1989 - 2005
Information 1975 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1975 - 1988
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1975 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1975 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1975 - 2000
Microbiological 1975 - 2001
Nutrient 1975 - 2018
Organics, Other 1975 - 2018
Organics, PCBs 1975 - 2000
Organics, Pesticide 1975 - 2000
Physical 1975 - 2018
Radiochemical 1980 - 1981
Sediment 1992 - 2001
Stable Isotopes 1987 - 1988
*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-TX
OrganizationFormalName USGS Texas Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-301500097424801
MonitoringLocationName Town (Lady Bird) Lk Site AC at Austin, TX
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 12090205
LatitudeMeasure 30.25041667000000
LongitudeMeasure -97.7138333000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Reported method of determination.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 453
ProviderName NWIS