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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1991-11-19 1992-07-14
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1991-11-19 1992-07-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1991-11-19 1992-07-14
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1991-11-19 1992-07-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1991-11-19 1992-07-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1991-11-19 1992-07-14
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1991-11-19 1992-07-14
Organics, other Water-quality 1991-11-19 1992-07-14
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1991-11-19 1992-07-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1974-10-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1992-07-14 1992-07-14
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12471000 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Grant County, Washington. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929 are available. Water data back to 1974 are available online.

The datum of the gage has been determined to be 2.64 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 2.64 ft to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12471000 n/a
Site name
MOSES LAKE AT MOSES LAKE, WA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 470611 n/a
DMS longitude 1191902 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.10287997 n/a
Decimal longitude -119.3183397 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
Grant County 025
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWS28 T19N R28E W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2.64 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .08 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17020015
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
3080 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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