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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2018-10-17 2021-07-19
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1948-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1949-05-15 2023-05-15
n/a Site Visits 1948-10-12 2024-10-02
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2018-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12173500 is associated with a Stream in Whatcom County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1948 are available online.

The datum of the gage has been determined to be 1646.84 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 1646.84 ft to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12173500 n/a
Site name
RUBY CREEK BELOW PANTHER CREEK NEAR NEWHALEM, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 484230 n/a
DMS longitude 1205834 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.7081426 n/a
Decimal longitude -120.9773162 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
Whatcom County 073
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1646.84 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .03 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17110005
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
206 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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