Sauk River Near Sauk, WA - 12189500

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March 9, 2025 - March 16, 2025

Gage height, feet

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Latest value

4.31 ft

Provisional

Mar 16, 2025

04:45:00 AM PDT

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4.31 ft

Provisional

Mar 16, 2025

04:45:00 AM PDT

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Statistics for March 16, 2025 based on 27 years of data

Gage height, ft

low (2019)

3.08 ft

25th percentile

3.76 ft

median

4.55 ft

75th percentile

5.64 ft

mean

4.83 ft

high (2017)

7.69 ft

Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-03-16T04:45:00.000-07:00	4.31	Provisional
2025-03-16T04:30:00.000-07:00	4.31	Provisional
2025-03-16T04:15:00.000-07:00	4.32	Provisional
2025-03-16T04:00:00.000-07:00	4.32	Provisional
2025-03-16T03:45:00.000-07:00	4.32	Provisional
2025-03-16T03:30:00.000-07:00	4.32	Provisional
2025-03-16T03:15:00.000-07:00	4.32	Provisional
2025-03-16T03:00:00.000-07:00	4.32	Provisional
2025-03-16T02:45:00.000-07:00	4.32	Provisional
2025-03-16T02:30:00.000-07:00	4.33	Provisional
2025-03-16T02:15:00.000-07:00	4.33	Provisional
2025-03-16T02:00:00.000-07:00	4.33	Provisional
2025-03-16T01:45:00.000-07:00	4.33	Provisional
2025-03-16T01:30:00.000-07:00	4.33	Provisional
2025-03-16T01:15:00.000-07:00	4.33	Provisional
2025-03-16T01:00:00.000-07:00	4.33	Provisional

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4 data types available - data from 1989-10-01 to 2025-03-16

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Gage height, feet

2007-10-01 - 2025-03-16

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Discharge, cubic feet per second

1989-10-01 - 2025-03-16

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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

2016-10-01 - 2025-03-16

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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) [discontinued 4/23/2021]

2011-09-23 - 2021-04-23

Daily data

4 data types available - data from 1911-04-01 to 2025-03-15

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Discrete sample data

32 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 2011-09-21 to 2019-08-08

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USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Information	Water-quality	2011-09-21	2019-08-08
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	1911-04-01	2025-03-16
Sediment	Water-quality	2011-09-21	2019-08-08
_n/a	Peak Measurements	1911-11-19	2023-12-05
_n/a	Site Visits	1913-03-16	2025-03-12
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2006-01-01	2024-01-01

Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12189500 is associated with a Stream in Skagit County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1911 are available online.

The datum of the gage has been determined to be 270.09 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 270.09 ft to gage height values.

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	12189500	_n/a
Site name	SAUK RIVER NEAR SAUK, WA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	482529	_n/a
DMS longitude	1213402	_n/a
Decimal latitude	48.42455859	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-121.5684634	_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	NWNWS19 T34N R10E W	_n/a
Name of location map		_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	266 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	Sauk	17110006
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	714 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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Sauk River Near Sauk, WA - 12189500

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