Lake Fork Blw Lake San Cristobal NR Lake City, CO - 09123450

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April 14, 2025 - April 21, 2025

Gage height, feet

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4.50 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

00:30:00 AM MDT

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4.50 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

12:30:00 AM MDT

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-04-21T00:30:00.000-06:00	4.50	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:15:00.000-06:00	4.50	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:00:00.000-06:00	4.50	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:45:00.000-06:00	4.50	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:30:00.000-06:00	4.50	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:15:00.000-06:00	4.50	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:00:00.000-06:00	4.50	Provisional
2025-04-20T22:45:00.000-06:00	4.50	Provisional
2025-04-20T22:30:00.000-06:00	4.50	Provisional
2025-04-20T22:15:00.000-06:00	4.50	Provisional
2025-04-20T22:00:00.000-06:00	4.50	Provisional
2025-04-20T21:45:00.000-06:00	4.49	Provisional
2025-04-20T21:30:00.000-06:00	4.50	Provisional
2025-04-20T21:15:00.000-06:00	4.50	Provisional
2025-04-20T21:00:00.000-06:00	4.49	Provisional
2025-04-20T20:45:00.000-06:00	4.49	Provisional

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2020-06-25 - 2025-04-21

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2012-11-09 - 2025-04-21

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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

2025-01-16 - 2025-04-21

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Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 8,991.43 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 8,991.43 feet to gage height values.

Location details and information

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	Upper Gunnison	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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Lake Fork Blw Lake San Cristobal NR Lake City, CO - 09123450

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