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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.

Water quality parameters (T, SC, DO, pH, and turbidity) are operated seasonally form March 01 to October 31.

Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2004-07-29 2004-07-29
Information Water-quality 1986-08-19 2020-09-29
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1977-09-27 1987-11-06
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Unit Values, Water-quality 1973-10-18 2024-10-28
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1987-07-19 1987-11-06
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1987-07-19 1987-11-06
Microbiological Water-quality 1973-10-18 1977-09-27
Nutrient Unit Values, Water-quality 1973-10-18 2024-01-24
Physical Unit Values, Water-quality 1973-10-18 2024-10-28
Sediment Water-quality 1988-07-29 2004-07-29
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1986-08-19 1988-03-11
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 12511800 is associated with a Stream in Benton County, Washington. Water data back to 1973 are available online.

Water quality parameters (T, SC, DO, pH, and turbidity) are operated seasonally form March 01 to October 31.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
12511800 n/a
Site name
YAKIMA RIVER AT VAN GIESEN BR NEAR RICHLAND, WA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 461750 n/a
DMS longitude 1191956 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.2970794 n/a
Decimal longitude -119.3333527 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
Benton County 005
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENES05 T09N R28E W n/a
Name of location map RICHLAND, WA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 365 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1.6 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
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
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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