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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-10-25 1981-09-09
Information Water-quality 1966-08-01 1997-09-18
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1959-10-19 1994-04-22
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1959-10-19 1994-04-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1959-11-20 1994-04-22
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1959-10-19 1994-04-22
Microbiological Water-quality 1959-10-19 1994-04-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1959-10-19 1997-09-18
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1977-11-14 1994-04-22
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-10-25 1994-04-22
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1975-05-20 1994-04-22
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1897-10-01 2024-11-20
Population/Community Water-quality 1974-10-25 1981-09-09
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-08-13 1994-04-22
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1974-10-25 2012-11-20
n/a Peak Measurements 1897-11-18 2022-12-26
n/a Site Visits 1941-11-14 2024-08-05
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12045500 is associated with a Stream in Clallam County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1897 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12045500 n/a
Site name
ELWHA RIVER AT MCDONALD BR NEAR PORT ANGELES, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 480318 n/a
DMS longitude 1233455 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.05478018 n/a
Decimal longitude -123.5832136 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Washington 53
State
Washington 53
County
Clallam County 009
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWS33 T30N R07W W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 204.11 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17110020
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
269 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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