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6 data types available - data from 2007-10-01 to 2026-08-11

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1 data types available - data from 1999-11-17 to 2026-08-10

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Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of this station has been determined to be .25 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add .25 feet to gage height values.

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Lake Hefner at Oklahoma City

Lake Hefner at Oklahoma City, OK

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	07159550	n/a
Location name	Lake Hefner at Oklahoma City, OK	n/a
Site type	Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment	LK
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	35.5828329053688	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-97.5955972470833	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from map	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
District	Oklahoma	40
State	Oklahoma	40
County	Oklahoma County	109
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	0.25 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	Z
Altitude accuracy	0.25 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Cimarron-Skeleton	11050002
Drainage basin	02	n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	8.99 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area	8.99 square miles	n/a
Time zone abbreviation	CST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	n/a
National aquifer		n/a
Local aquifer		n/a
Local aquifer type		n/a
Well depth		n/a
Hole depth		n/a
Source of depth data		n/a

Monitoring location Lake Hefner at Oklahoma City, OK - USGS-07159550