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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1910-12-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1930-02-05 2022-11-04
n/a Site Visits 1941-09-19 2024-07-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12094000 is associated with a Stream in Pierce County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1910 are available online.

The datum of the gage has been determined to be 1213.656 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 1213.656 ft to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12094000 n/a
Site name
CARBON RIVER NEAR FAIRFAX, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 470141 n/a
DMS longitude 1220153 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.02788105 n/a
Decimal longitude -122.0326105 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
Pierce County 053
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWS22 T18N R06E W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1213.66 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .12 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17110014
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
78.9 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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