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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Daily Values, Unit Values 1987-10-01 2024-11-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1988-10-02 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 11020600 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in San Diego 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 1987 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
11020600 n/a
Site name
EL CAPITAN RES NR LAKESIDE CA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 325256 n/a
DMS longitude 1164830 n/a
Decimal latitude 32.88227096 n/a
Decimal longitude -116.809176 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
San Diego County 073
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENES07 T15S R02E n/a
Name of location map EL CAJON MTN n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2.16 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
18070304
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
188 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 96770AZ09 n/a

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