Squalicum Creek Near Mouth at Bellingham, WA - 12204010
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Squalicum Creek Near Mouth at Bellingham, WA - 12204010
Subscribe to WaterAlert March 28, 2025 - April 4, 2025
Gage height, feet
15.21 ft - Apr 04, 2025 12:00:00 AM PDT
Important Data may be provisional
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
15.21 ft
Provisional
Apr 04, 2025
00:00:00 AM PDT
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15.21 ft
Provisional
Apr 04, 2025
12:00:00 AM PDT
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Gage height, ft
low (2023)
15.37 ft
25th percentile
ft
median
15.37 ft
75th percentile
ft
mean
15.37 ft
high (2023)
15.37 ft
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2 data types available - data from 2022-09-15 to 2025-04-03
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Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2022-09-15 - 2025-04-03
Discharge, cubic feet per second
2022-09-15 - 2025-04-03
Daily data
2 data types available - data from 2022-09-16 to 2025-04-02
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| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological | Water-quality | 2015-03-24 | 2015-09-14 |
| Information | Water-quality | 2015-03-24 | 2015-09-14 |
| Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 2015-04-15 | 2015-06-17 |
| Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Water-quality | 2015-04-15 | 2015-06-17 |
| Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals | Water-quality | 2015-06-17 | 2015-06-17 |
| Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 2015-04-15 | 2015-06-17 |
| Nutrient | Water-quality | 2015-03-23 | 2015-09-30 |
| Organics, other | Water-quality | 2015-04-15 | 2015-09-30 |
| Organics, pesticide | Water-quality | 2015-04-15 | 2015-06-17 |
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 2015-04-15 | 2025-04-03 |
| Radiochemistry | Water-quality | 2015-06-17 | 2015-06-17 |
| Sediment | Water-quality | 2015-04-15 | 2015-09-30 |
| Stable Isotopes | Water-quality | 2015-04-28 | 2015-04-28 |
| n/a | Peak Measurements | 2022-12-25 | 2022-12-25 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 2013-09-30 | 2025-04-01 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2022-01-01 | 2023-01-01 |
Monitoring location 12204010 is associated with a Stream in Whatcom County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2013 are available online.
The datum of the gage has been determined to be 12.28 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 12.28 to gage height values.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
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Site identification number
|
12204010 | n/a |
|
Site name
|
SQUALICUM CREEK NEAR MOUTH AT BELLINGHAM, WA | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 484557.6 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 1222958.8 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 48.766 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -122.4996667 | n/a |
|
Latitude-longitude method
|
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) | G |
|
Latitude-longitude accuracy
|
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. | S |
|
Latitude-longitude datum
|
North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
| 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 | S43 T38N R02E W | n/a |
| Name of location map | BELLINGHAM NORTH, WA | n/a |
| Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 12.28 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System | X |
| Altitude accuracy | .06 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
|
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Nooksack | 17110004 |
|
Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
|
Topographic setting
|
n/a | |
| Flags for instruments at site | NNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
|
Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
| Date site established or inventoried | n/a | |
|
Drainage area
|
22.88 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
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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 | |
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Hole depth
|
n/a | |
| Source of depth data | n/a | |
| Project number | n/a |
