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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2022-10-26 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2022-11-05 2022-11-05
n/a Site Visits 2022-09-14 2024-06-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2023-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12178150 is associated with a Stream in Whatcom County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 2022 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12178150 n/a
Site name
NEWHALEM CREEK AT NEWHALEM, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 484009 n/a
DMS longitude 1211515 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.6690143 n/a
Decimal longitude -121.2554017 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 510 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 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 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
29.02 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