Salton Sea NR Westmorland CA - 10254005

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Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, feet

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Latest value

-241.91 ft

Provisional

Apr 20, 2025

06:45:00 AM PDT

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-241.91 ft

Provisional

Apr 20, 2025

06:45:00 AM PDT

Statistics for April 20, 2025 based on 37 years of data

Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, ft

low (2024)

-240.20 ft

25th percentile

-233.8 ft

median

-228.4 ft

75th percentile

-227.35 ft

mean

-230.69 ft

high (1995)

-226.70 ft

Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-04-20T06:45:00.000-07:00	-241.91	Provisional
2025-04-20T06:30:00.000-07:00	-241.91	Provisional
2025-04-20T06:15:00.000-07:00	-241.90	Provisional
2025-04-20T06:00:00.000-07:00	-241.89	Provisional
2025-04-20T05:45:00.000-07:00	-241.91	Provisional
2025-04-20T05:30:00.000-07:00	-241.88	Provisional
2025-04-20T05:15:00.000-07:00	-241.88	Provisional
2025-04-20T05:00:00.000-07:00	-241.88	Provisional
2025-04-20T04:45:00.000-07:00	-241.88	Provisional
2025-04-20T04:30:00.000-07:00	-241.89	Provisional
2025-04-20T04:15:00.000-07:00	-241.86	Provisional
2025-04-20T04:00:00.000-07:00	-241.88	Provisional
2025-04-20T03:45:00.000-07:00	-241.88	Provisional
2025-04-20T03:30:00.000-07:00	-241.90	Provisional
2025-04-20T03:15:00.000-07:00	-241.90	Provisional
2025-04-20T03:00:00.000-07:00	-241.90	Provisional

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Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, feet

2022-04-20 - 2025-04-20

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Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, feet

2017-02-01 - 2025-04-20

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164 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1988-08-17 to 1996-05-31

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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	10254005	_n/a
Site name	SALTON SEA NR WESTMORLAND CA	_n/a
Site type	Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment	LK
DMS latitude	331133	_n/a
DMS longitude	1154959	_n/a
Decimal latitude	33.19254216	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-115.833887	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 5 sec.	F
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1927	NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	California	06
State	California	06
County	Imperial County	025
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	SESWS21 T11S R11E	_n/a
Name of location map	KANE SPR NE	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	2.29 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.16 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Salton Sea	18100204
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting	Stream channel	C
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	8360 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	PST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NNNNNNNN	_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		_n/a

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