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King County Hydrological Monitoring Gauges

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Summary

This dataset is intended for use in hydrological modeling, watershed planning, aquatic habitat assessments and other situations where information on hydrological gauge location is useful.

Description

This dataset shows the locations of King County maintained hydrological gauges from 1994 to the present (except for Water Temperature gauges which are listed from 1988 to present).

Layer information

Layer Name	hydrogauge_point
Subject Category	Hydrography
Title	King County Hydrological Monitoring Gauges
Feature Count	1685
Feature Type	Point
Next Update	Weekly
Spatial reference	EPSG:2926
Control ID	83
Place Keywords	Pacific NW, Washington State, King County, WA
Theme Keywords	Gauge, Surface Water, Precipitation, Hydro, Monitoring
Supplemental Information	None

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Attribute information

OBJECTID From ESRI	Description Internal feature number. Domain Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
G_ID From King County	Description Unique ID for the HIC_GIS_VIEW table of the Hydrologic Assessment Group 's database. Domain 1 to 797 by
SITE_CODE From King County	Description King County DNRP Water and Land Resources gauge site code. Domain Alpha-numeric code for the station site.
NORTHING From King County	Description WA State Plane North Y coordinate. Domain 77688.857 to 321414.643 by
EASTING From King County	Description WA State Plane North X coordinate. Domain 1222922.936 to 1401255.760 by
SITE_NAME From King County	Description Name of hydrogauge site location. Domain Text string with a name for the site that often indicates location.
GAGETAG From King County	Description Description of gauge type. Domain Crest/Staff Gauge - A gauge that records the peak stage that has occurred since the previous setting. Crest/Staff Gauge(Field Reading) - A field reading of the gauge that records the peak stage that has occurred since the previous setting. Groundwater Observation Well (Non-Recording) - Groundwater Observation Well without recording device. Groundwater Observation Well (Recording) - Groundwater Observation Well with recording device old USGS gage - Old U.S. Geological Survey gauge. Precipitation Gauge(Recording) - Precipitation Gauge with recorder sediment sample site - sediment sample site Stream Gauge(Recording) - Stream Gauge with recording device Water Quality Autosampler - Water Quality Autosampler Water Temperature Recorder - Water Temperature Recorder Water Temperature(Recording) - Water Temperature with recording device
STATUS From King County	Description Activity status of gauge. Domain Active - Gauge is active. Inactive - Gauge is inactive.
Precip No Source Noted	Description Not Found Domain Not Found
WaterTemp No Source Noted	Description Not Found Domain Not Found
AirTemp No Source Noted	Description Not Found Domain Not Found
FlowRate No Source Noted	Description Not Found Domain Not Found
Shape From ESRI	Description Feature geometry. Domain Coordinates defining the features.
PRECIP From King County	Description Availability of precipitation data. Domain Text string indicating precipitation data availability.
WATERTEMP From King County	Description Availability of water temperature data. Domain Text string indicating water temperature data availability.
AIRTEMP From King County	Description Availability of air temperature data. Domain Text string indicating air temperature data availability.
FLOWRATE From King County	Description Availability of flow rate data. Domain Text string indicating flow rate data availability.
SHAPE From ESRI	Description Feature geometry. Domain Coordinates defining the features.

Contact information

Maintained by	DNRP - Water and Land Resources
Primary	Harkeerat Kang Harkeerat.Kang@kingcounty.gov

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