Station Meta Data: MOKELUMNE R NR THORNTON (BENSON'S FERRY)
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MOKELUMNE R NR THORNTON (BENSON'S FERRY)

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Station IDBENElevation0' ft
River BasinMOKELUMNE RCountySAN JOAQUIN
Hydrologic AreaSAN JOAQUIN RIVERNearby CityTHORNTON
Latitude38.255800°NLongitude121.438900°W
OperatorCA Dept of Water Resources/O & MData Collection

Zero DatumAdj To NGVDPeak of RecordMonitor StageFlood StageGuidance Plots
0.00' NAVD -0.75'03-JAN-97 21.69' 12.0' 17.0'BEN_gp


The following data types are available online. Select one of the links below to retrieve recent data.

Sensor DescriptionDurationPlotData CollectionData Available
BATTERY VOLTAGE, volts (event) (BAT VOL)SATELLITE 02/24/1995 to present.
RIVER STAGE, feet (event) (RIV STG)SATELLITE 02/24/1995 to present.
RIVER STAGE NAVD88, feet (event) (RIVST88)COMPUTED 02/01/2006 to 09/30/2006.
RIVER STAGE NGVD29, feet (event) (RIVST29)COMPUTED 05/01/2005 to present.
BATTERY VOLTAGE, volts (hourly)(BAT VOL)SATELLITE 01/01/1995 to 09/04/2012.
FORECASTED STAGE, feet (hourly)(STAGE F)DATA XCHG-NWS 10/07/2009 to 10/07/2009.
RIVER STAGE, feet (hourly)(RIV STG)SATELLITE 01/01/1984 to present.
RIVER STAGE NAVD88, feet (hourly)(RIVST88)COMPUTED 02/01/2006 to 09/30/2006.


Station comments:
09/30/2006The vertical datum has changed for this station as of October 1, 2006. Please see [Datum Change 2006] for details.
02/01/2006Added river stage sensor for data with NAVD88 datum.
08/23/2005River stage data will displayed in NGVD29 datum until Oct.1, 2006. The station is sending data with datum NAVD88 as of 8/17/2005 13:00AM. Conversion factor to NGVD29 was applied (factor = 0.75).