Nisqually River at Mckenna, WA

Important information about this monitoring location

The datum of the gage has been determined to be 289.41 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 289.41 ft to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	12089500	_n/a
Site name	NISQUALLY RIVER AT MCKENNA, WA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	465601	_n/a
DMS longitude	1223335	_n/a
Decimal latitude	46.93340268	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-122.5609345	_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	Thurston County	067
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	SENWS28 T17N R02E W	_n/a
Name of location map		_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	289.41 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.02 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Nisqually	17110015
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	517 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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City of Centralia

Tacoma Power

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds