Baker Lake at Upper Baker Dam Near Concrete, WA - 12191600

Important information about this monitoring location

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.

Location details and information

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	Upper Skagit	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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Puget Sound Energy

Skagit County Dike District 12