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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2014-11-24 2024-11-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2015-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 392724120171001 is associated with an Atmosphere in Sierra County, California. Current conditions of Precipitation are available. Water data back to 2014 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
392724120171001 n/a
Site name
INDEPENDENCE C PRECIP GAGE NR TRUCKEE CA n/a
Site type
Atmosphere
AT
DMS latitude 392724 n/a
DMS longitude 1201710 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.4565717 n/a
Decimal longitude -120.2871477 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
California 06
State
California 06
County
Sierra County 091
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNWS35 T19N R15E n/a
Name of location map INDEPENDENCE LAKE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 6920 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
16050102
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 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 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 GC15ZG-00107 n/a

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