Location
Latitude: 37˚ 14' 22" N
Elevation: 1,415.39 ft.
Longitude: 122˚ 04' 12" W
Locaide: 22 18-54
Description
Station located off Sanborn Road above Saratoga, on the (former) Valley Christian School grounds. The site is now named "Walden West", and is also the site of a Youth Hostel.
Period of Record
Measurements began on July 1, 1957, with continuous operation to the present.
Station History
Date |
Note |
07/01/1957 |
8-inch Bendix recorder installed. |
01/01/1962 |
8-inch Gauge moved one mile from original location. |
09/30/1966 |
12-inch Fischer & Porter ADR recorder installed at original location, replacing the previously moved 8-inch Gauge. |
12/01/1970 |
Fischer & Porter Gauge moved 300 feet, and 20 feet lower in elevation. |
06/24/1971 |
Telephone telemetry installed. |
12/07/1977 |
Fischer & Porter Gauge moved 300 southwest, and 20 feet lower in elevation. |
02/26/1987 |
12-inch Handar radio-reporting tipping bucket Gauge, with one millimeter resolution, installed 300 feet north, to supplement the existing Fischer & Porter ADR. |
11/05/1991 |
Fischer & Porter removed. |
07/2000 |
Gage moved 200 feet north and Novalynx 5096 Transmitter installed. |
08/09/2007 |
5096 serial number 1440 replaces serial number 3016. |