Santa Clara Valley Water District

STATION 6004 - ALMADEN WATERSHED

ALERT ID 2080


Location
Latitude: 37˚ 09' 26" N
Elevation: 646.438 ft.
Longitude: 121˚ 50' 40" W
Locaide: 34 44-41


Description
Station located northwest of Alamitos Road approximately one half mile southwest of Hicks Road, at Twin Creeks resort.
Period of Record
Measurements began October 20, 1970, with continuous operation to the present.
Station History
Date Note
10/20/1970 3-inch non-recorder installed.
12/09/1970 8-inch Fischer & Porter ADR recorder installed, replacing the 3-inch gauge.
02/21/1971 Telephone telemetry installed.
09/25/1991 12-inch Sierra-Misco radio-reporting tipping bucket gauge, with one millimeter resolution, installed to supplement the existing Fischer & Porter ADR.
11/20/1992 Fischer & Porter ADR removed.
09/28/2005 High Sierra Model 3206 Narrow Banded transmitter installed.
07/25/2006 Installed Hydrolynx 5096.
08/04/2014 Installed soil moisture probe.
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