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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1982-10-02 2024-11-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12176500 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Whatcom County, Washington. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1982 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12176500 n/a
Site name
DIABLO RESERVOIR NEAR NEWHALEM, WA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 484256 n/a
DMS longitude 1210752 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.7154061 n/a
Decimal longitude -121.1323439 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 SES05 T27N R13E W n/a
Name of location map DIABLO DAM, WA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 6.37 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
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
1125 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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