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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1965-08-10 2019-07-30
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1961-10-18 1970-09-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1961-10-18 1975-09-17
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1961-11-08 1968-12-02
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1961-10-18 1975-09-17
Microbiological Water-quality 1961-10-18 1975-09-17
Nutrient Water-quality 1961-10-18 1975-09-17
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1945-02-01 2024-11-20
Sediment Water-quality 2011-07-29 2019-07-30
n/a Peak Measurements 1945-12-29 1972-12-21
n/a Site Visits 1974-02-06 1971-07-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2013-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12100500 is associated with a Stream in Pierce County, Washington. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1945 are available online.

The datum of the gage has been determined to be 3.28 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 3.28 ft to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12100500 n/a
Site name
WHITE RIVER NEAR SUMNER, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 471501 n/a
DMS longitude 1221433 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.2501008 n/a
Decimal longitude -122.2437309 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 NESWS01 T20N R04E W n/a
Name of location map AUBURN, WA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
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
477 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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