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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1972-05-23 1972-12-03
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-05-23 1972-12-07
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-05-23 1972-12-03
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1972-12-03 1972-12-07
Nutrient Water-quality 1972-11-13 1972-12-07
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1933-10-01 2024-11-20
Sediment Water-quality 1972-11-13 1972-12-07
n/a Peak Measurements 1934-01-01 2023-01-14
n/a Site Visits 1933-11-02 2024-07-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 11169500 is associated with a Stream in Santa Clara County, California. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1933 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
11169500 n/a
Site name
SARATOGA C A SARATOGA CA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 371516 n/a
DMS longitude 1220218 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.25438808 n/a
Decimal longitude -122.039404 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 Clara County 085
Country US n/a
Land net location description S00 T08S R02W M n/a
Name of location map CUPERTINO, CA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 492.09 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
18050003
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
9.22 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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