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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Daily Values, Unit Values 1989-01-05 2024-11-06
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1989-01-05 2024-11-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 10338400 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Nevada County, California. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929 and Reservoir storage are available. Water data back to 1989 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
10338400 n/a
Site name
DONNER LK NR TRUCKEE CA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 391930 n/a
DMS longitude 1201653 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.3249056 n/a
Decimal longitude -120.2824223 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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
Nevada County 057
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENWS14 T17N R15E n/a
Name of location map NORDEN n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
16050102
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 198901 n/a
Drainage area
14.0 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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