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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1976-02-11 1976-10-20
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1976-05-04 1976-05-05
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1976-02-11 1976-10-20
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1976-02-11 1976-10-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1976-02-11 1976-10-20
Nutrient Water-quality 1976-02-11 1976-07-28
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1976-02-11 2024-11-12
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12191600 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Whatcom County, Washington. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988 and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1976 are available online.

The datum of the gage has been determined to be 0 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 0 ft to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12191600 n/a
Site name
BAKER LAKE AT UPPER BAKER DAM NEAR CONCRETE, WA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 483858 n/a
DMS longitude 1214122 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.649246 n/a
Decimal longitude -121.6906704 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 SWS31 T37N R09E W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .15 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 NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
215 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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