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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1956-07-01 2024-12-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1957-03-11 2023-04-12
n/a Site Visits 1924-08-13 2024-10-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12118400 is associated with a Stream in King County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1924 are available online.

The datum of the gage has been determined to be 559.24 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 559.24 ft to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12118400 n/a
Site name
ROCK CREEK AT HIGHWAY 516 NEAR RAVENSDALE, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 472145 n/a
DMS longitude 1220035 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.36232337 n/a
Decimal longitude -122.0109484 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
King County 033
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESWS26 T22N R06E W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 559.24 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17110012
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
11.2 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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