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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2010-07-06 2010-12-07
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2010-05-29 2024-11-12
Microbiological Water-quality 2010-07-06 2010-12-07
Nutrient Water-quality 2010-07-06 2010-12-07
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1958-05-01 2024-11-12
n/a Site Visits 1963-12-12 2024-10-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12101100 is associated with a Canal in Pierce County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 1958 are available online.

The datum of the gage has been determined to be 45.88 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 45.88 ft to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12101100 n/a
Site name
LAKE TAPPS DIVERSION AT DIERINGER, WA n/a
Site type
Canal
ST-CA
DMS latitude 471418 n/a
DMS longitude 1221337 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.2381564 n/a
Decimal longitude -122.2281746 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 SWNWS07 T20N R05E W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 45.88 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
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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