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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2011-05-11 2013-04-05
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1948-07-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 2011-04-28 2013-04-05
n/a Peak Measurements 2011-01-18 2013-01-10
n/a Site Visits 1951-08-14 2024-10-30
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2011-01-01 2013-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12214500 is associated with a Stream in Whatcom County, Washington. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1948 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12214500 n/a
Site name
SUMAS RIVER NEAR SUMAS, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 485830 n/a
DMS longitude 1221500 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.9748433 n/a
Decimal longitude -122.2512642 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 NWNES11 T40N R04E W n/a
Name of location map SUMAS, WA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 41 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1.6 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17110001
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
31.0 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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