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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 2024-11-20
Sediment Water-quality 2011-09-21 2019-08-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1911-11-19 2022-11-05
n/a Site Visits 1913-03-16 2024-09-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
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
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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