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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2019-04-11 2021-07-19
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1961-02-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1961-06-17 2021-11-15
n/a Site Visits 1962-11-20 2022-09-14
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12178100 is associated with a Stream in Whatcom County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1961 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12178100 n/a
Site name
NEWHALEM CREEK NEAR NEWHALEM, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 483937 n/a
DMS longitude 1211447 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.66012536 n/a
Decimal longitude -121.2476233 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 NWNWS28 T37N R12E W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1000 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 20 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
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
26.9 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