Skagit River at Newhalem, WA - 12178000

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April 13, 2025 - April 20, 2025

Gage height, feet [Primary]

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Latest value

83.27 ft

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Apr 20, 2025

09:45:00 AM PDT

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Statistics for April 20, 2025 based on 30 years of data

Gage height, ft

low (2001)

82.02 ft

25th percentile

83.06 ft

median

83.54 ft

75th percentile

84 ft

mean

83.52 ft

high (1997)

85.11 ft

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3 data types available - data from 1987-10-05 to 2025-04-20

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Gage height, feet [Primary]

2007-10-01 - 2025-04-20

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Discharge, cubic feet per second [Primary]

1987-10-05 - 2025-04-20

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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

2007-10-01 - 2025-04-20

Daily data

3 data types available - data from 1908-12-21 to 2025-04-19

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Discrete sample data

17 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1973-10-01 to 2021-05-19

53 Sampling activities

Important information about this monitoring location

The datum of the gage has been determined to be 406.2 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 406.2 ft to gage height values.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	12178000	_n/a
Site name	SKAGIT RIVER AT NEWHALEM, WA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	484019	_n/a
DMS longitude	1211442	_n/a
Decimal latitude	48.67179229	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-121.2462348	_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	SWSES21 T37N R12E W	_n/a
Name of location map		_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	406.2 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.05 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Skagit	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	1175 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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Skagit River at Newhalem, WA - 12178000

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