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Datum of gage is 2.04 ft above NAVD of 1988. Historically, datum of gage published as NGVD of 1929. However, there is uncertainty as to the exact source of this datum which may differ from true NGVD29 by almost 2 ft.

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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Daily Values, Unit Values 1988-11-10 2024-11-06
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1988-11-10 2024-11-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 10342900 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Sierra County, California. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, and Reservoir storage are available. Water data back to 1988 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
10342900 n/a
Site name
INDEPENDENCE LK NR TRUCKEE CA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 392707 n/a
DMS longitude 1201723 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.45182276 n/a
Decimal longitude -120.2907342 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
Sierra County 091
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSWS35 T19N R15E n/a
Name of location map INDEPENDENCE LAKE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2.04 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
16050102
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 198811 n/a
Drainage area
7.51 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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