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ELEVATIONS OF INTEREST AT LAKE TAHOE (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation datum) Description Elevation (ft) Natural rim of lake 6,223 Gage Datum 6,220

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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1960-10-05 1969-09-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-10-05 1969-09-08
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-10-05 1967-11-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1961-05-01 1961-05-01
Nutrient Water-quality 1961-05-01 1966-05-09
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1900-04-30 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 10337000 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Placer County, California. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1900 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
10337000 n/a
Site name
LAKE TAHOE A TAHOE CITY CA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 391051 n/a
DMS longitude 1200706 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.1807402 n/a
Decimal longitude -120.1193583 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
Placer County 061
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENES05 T15N R17E n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 6218.86 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
16050101
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
506 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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