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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-10-02 1977-09-21
Microbiological Water-quality 1973-10-02 1974-09-24
Nutrient Water-quality 1973-10-02 1977-09-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1973-10-02 2024-11-21
n/a Site Visits 1971-09-23 2024-08-09
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12211500 is associated with a Stream in Whatcom County, Washington. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1971 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12211500 n/a
Site name
NOOKSACK RIVER NEAR LYNDEN, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 485514 n/a
DMS longitude 1222904 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.9203916 n/a
Decimal longitude -122.4857206 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 S36 T40N R02E W n/a
Name of location map LYNDEN, WA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .03 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 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
648.00 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