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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-01-22 1981-09-21
Information Water-quality 1947-09-15 2021-05-07
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1947-09-15 1993-09-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1947-09-15 1993-09-21
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1959-11-19 1993-07-22
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1959-07-15 1993-07-22
Microbiological Water-quality 1959-10-21 1993-09-21
Nutrient Water-quality 1947-09-15 1993-09-21
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-01-22 1981-09-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1940-10-01 2024-11-17
Population/Community Water-quality 1974-07-16 1981-09-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-10-17 1981-07-28
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1974-01-22 2017-09-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1906-11-01 2022-12-27
n/a Site Visits 1959-08-29 2024-10-29
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12200500 is associated with a Stream in Skagit County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1906 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12200500 n/a
Site name
SKAGIT RIVER NEAR MOUNT VERNON, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 482642 n/a
DMS longitude 1222003 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.4448278 n/a
Decimal longitude -122.3354369 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 SESES07 T34N R04E W n/a
Name of location map MOUNT VERNON, WA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 3.80 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17110007
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
3093 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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