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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1929-01-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1909-11-25 2023-05-23
n/a Site Visits 1958-10-22 2024-11-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 10338500 is associated with a Stream in Nevada County, California. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1909 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
10338500 n/a
Site name
DONNER C A DONNER LK NR TRUCKEE CA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 391925 n/a
DMS longitude 1201400 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.3235172 n/a
Decimal longitude -120.2343654 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
Nevada County 057
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNWS17 T17N R16E M n/a
Name of location map TRUCKEE, CA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 5928.62 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .26 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
16050102
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
14.3 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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