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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2012-11-08 2024-11-12
n/a Peak Measurements 2013-05-24 2023-05-30
n/a Site Visits 2012-09-21 2024-07-11
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2013-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 09123450 is associated with a Stream in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2012 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
09123450 n/a
Site name
LAKE FORK BLW LAKE SAN CRISTOBAL NR LAKE CITY, CO n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 375903.7 n/a
DMS longitude 1071731.55 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.9843611 n/a
Decimal longitude -107.2920972 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 min. M
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Colorado 08
State
Colorado 08
County
Hinsdale County 053
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESWS15 T043N R004W n/a
Name of location map LAKE SAN CRISTOBAL, n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 8991.43 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .14 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
14020002
Drainage basin
09 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
20121106 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20121106 n/a
Drainage area
106 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files 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
Project number 000011000 n/a

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