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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1950-10-01 2024-10-02
n/a Peak Measurements 1951-02-10 2023-12-05
n/a Site Visits 1983-06-06 2024-10-02
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2020-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12179000 is associated with a Stream in Skagit County, Washington. Water data back to 1950 are available online.

This is a non-realtime station. The data are routinely updated every 4-9 weeks. The datum of the gage has been determined to be 362.80 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 362.80 ft to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12179000 n/a
Site name
SKAGIT RIVER ABOVE ALMA CREEK NEAR MARBLEMOUNT, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 483627 n/a
DMS longitude 1212137 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.60734468 n/a
Decimal longitude -121.3615155 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
Skagit County 057
Country US n/a
Land net location description S15 T36N R11E n/a
Name of location map BIG DEVIL PEAK, WA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 362.80 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 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
1274.00 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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