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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2015-11-13 2020-11-30
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1937-10-01 2024-12-03
Sediment Water-quality 2015-11-13 2016-01-28
n/a Peak Measurements 1937-10-28 2020-11-05
n/a Site Visits 1937-09-22 2024-10-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12205000 is associated with a Stream in Whatcom County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1937 are available online.

The datum of the gage has been determined to be 1250.99 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 1250.99 ft to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12205000 n/a
Site name
NF NOOKSACK RIVER BL CASCADE CREEK NR GLACIER, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 485422 n/a
DMS longitude 1215035 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.90595739 n/a
Decimal longitude -121.8443104 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
Whatcom County 073
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESWS36 T40N R07E W n/a
Name of location map BEARPAW MOUNTAIN, WA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1250.99 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .04 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
17110004
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
105 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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