Yakima River at Prosser, WA - 12509489
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Yakima River at Prosser, WA - 12509489
Subscribe to WaterAlert March 25, 2025 - April 1, 2025
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Important Data may be provisional
Value
Status
Time
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Discontinued
Oct 10, 2024
07:00:00 AM PDT
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Statistics for April 1, 2025 based on 5 years of data
Temperature, water, °C
low (2023)
8.5 deg C
25th percentile
9.2 deg C
median
10.4 deg C
75th percentile
10.8 deg C
mean
10.1 deg C
high (2024)
11.0 deg C
Available data
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Learn about the data collection categories Continuous data
6 data types available - data from 2018-06-26 to 2024-10-10
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
2018-06-26 - 2024-10-01
Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
2022-02-03 - 2024-10-01
pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
2018-06-26 - 2024-10-01
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
2018-06-26 - 2024-10-01
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
2018-06-26 - 2024-10-10
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
2018-06-26 - 2024-10-01
Daily data
6 data types available - data from 2018-06-27 to 2024-09-30
Field measurements
0 data types available
Discrete sample data
92 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1973-10-18 to 2020-09-23
78 Sampling activities
- Monitoring Location
- Active Monitoring Locations
5 km
3 mi
Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.
Interested in understanding how to access the upstream/downstream data? Learn about the Network-Linked Data Index (NLDI)
| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological | Water-quality | 2005-06-29 | 2005-06-29 |
| Information | Water-quality | 1986-08-18 | 2020-09-23 |
| Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 1974-10-08 | 1987-11-06 |
| Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1973-10-18 | 2024-10-01 |
| Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 1987-11-06 | 1987-11-06 |
| Microbiological | Water-quality | 1973-10-18 | 1975-09-23 |
| Nutrient | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1973-10-18 | 2024-10-01 |
| Organics, other | Water-quality | 1973-11-14 | 1973-11-14 |
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1973-10-18 | 2024-10-10 |
| Stable Isotopes | Water-quality | 1986-08-18 | 1988-03-11 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2018-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
Monitoring location 12509489 is associated with a Stream in Benton County, Washington. Water data back to 1973 are available online.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
12509489 | n/a |
|
Site name
|
YAKIMA RIVER AT PROSSER, WA | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 461244.77 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 1194556.46 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 46.2124361 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -119.7656833 | n/a |
|
Latitude-longitude method
|
Interpolated from Digital MAP. | N |
|
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
|
Benton County | 005 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | SWNES02 T08N R24E W | n/a |
| Name of location map | PROSSER, WA | n/a |
| Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 636 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model | N |
| Altitude accuracy | 4.3 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
|
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Lower Yakima | 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
|
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 | |
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Hole depth
|
n/a | |
| Source of depth data | n/a | |
| Project number | n/a |
