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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1977-08-25 1977-08-25
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1977-08-25 1977-08-25
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1977-08-25 1977-08-25
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1977-08-25 1977-08-25
Nutrient Water-quality 1977-08-25 1977-08-25
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1971-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1976-03-01 1977-02-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1972-02-05 1983-01-24
n/a Site Visits 1971-09-29 2024-10-29
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 11159690 is associated with a Stream in Santa Cruz County, California. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1971 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
11159690 n/a
Site name
APTOS C NR APTOS CA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 370006 n/a
DMS longitude 1215418 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.00161665 n/a
Decimal longitude -121.9060688 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
Santa Cruz County 087
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map LAUREL, CA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 181 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1.6 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
18060015
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
10.2 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 GC24ZG-10003 n/a