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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2002-05-22 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2002-05-22 2022-12-24
n/a Site Visits 2002-05-21 2024-10-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12202310 is associated with a Stream in Whatcom County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2002 are available online.

The datum of the gage has been determined to be 316.76 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 316.76 to gage height values. The datum was previously reported in error as 315.04 feet above NAVD 1988 from Aug. 14, 2021 to Jan. 19, 2022.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12202310 n/a
Site name
CARPENTER CREEK NEAR BELLINGHAM, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 484515 n/a
DMS longitude 1222110 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.75399999 n/a
Decimal longitude -122.354053 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 SWNWS30 T38N R04E W n/a
Name of location map LAWRENCE, WA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 316.76 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17110004
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
1.17 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 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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