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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2011-06-03 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2012-02-22 2022-11-04
n/a Site Visits 2011-02-02 2024-07-29
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2011-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12097820 is associated with a Stream in Pierce County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2011 are available online.

The datum of the gage has been determined to be 1,404.95 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 1,404.95 ft to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12097820 n/a
Site name
CLEARWATER RIVER NEAR BUCKLEY, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 470739 n/a
DMS longitude 1214805 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.1273267 n/a
Decimal longitude -121.8026044 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 SWSWS16 T19N R08W W n/a
Name of location map CYCLONE CREEK n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1404.95 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .01 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
34.3 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 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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