Santa Clara Valley Water District

STATION 5050 - LOS GATOS AT LINCOLN AVENUE

GOES ID 5050

ALERT ID 1494


Location
Latitude: 37˚ 18' 45" N
Elevation: 102 ft.
Stage Conversion to NAVD88 Elevation: +95.7 to stage
Drainage Area: 50.0 square miles
Longitude: 121˚ 54' 16" W
Locaide: 19 37-64




Description
Station located approximately 100 ft. upstream of Lincoln Avenue on the left (south) bank. Control is a concrete V-notch weir. PZF at station is equal to 4.15 ft.
Period of Record
Period of record begins November 2, 1955 and continues to the present.
Station History
Date Note
09/15/1969 Fisher & Porter ADR installed.
08/8/1986 Installed Sierra Misco 5050 radio transmitter. Later switched to 5096 model.
07/20/1995 Replaced ADR with Acro data logger.
2010 Acro level sensor replaced by a Design Analysis H510XL
2017-2018 GOES replaced ALERT radio & installed FTS data logger.
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