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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1973-11-06 1974-08-06
Information Water-quality 1980-03-30 2000-08-31
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1973-11-06 1988-03-11
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-11-06 2000-08-31
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1980-03-30 1987-07-15
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1974-08-06 1988-07-28
Microbiological Water-quality 1973-11-06 1989-11-01
Nutrient Water-quality 1973-11-06 2000-08-31
Organics, other Water-quality 1973-11-06 2000-08-31
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2000-08-31 2000-08-31
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1909-03-01 2024-11-20
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-12-18 1981-07-13
Sediment Water-quality 1973-11-06 2000-08-31
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1986-08-15 1988-07-28
n/a Peak Measurements 1910-03-03 2022-03-01
n/a Site Visits 1909-02-27 2024-11-05
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2011-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12506000 is associated with a Stream in Yakima County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1909 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12506000 n/a
Site name
TOPPENISH CREEK NEAR FORT SIMCOE, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 461840 n/a
DMS longitude 1204713 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.3109589 n/a
Decimal longitude -120.788125 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
Yakima County 077
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWS35 T10N R16E W n/a
Name of location map FORT SIMCOE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1306 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 20 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17030003
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
122 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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