STATION 127 - COW RIDGE
ALERT ID 2071

Location

Latitude: 37/15/43
Elevation (NGVD29): 2,998 ft.
Longitude: 121/39/04
Locaide:  29 73-56

Description
Station located atop Cow Mountain, in the Diablo mountain range, approximately 5 miles east of United Technologies Corporation (U.T.C.) at San Felipe Rd.

Period of Record
Measurements began November 18, 1977, with continuous operation to the present.

Station History
Date Note
11/18/1977 8-inch Fischer & Porter ADR recorder installed.
11/15/1983 12-inch Sierra-Misco radio-reporting tipping bucket Gauge, with one millimeter resolution, installed to supplement the existing Fischer & Porter ADR.
08/25/1992 Fischer & Porter removed.

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Providing stream stewardship, wholesale water supply and flood protection for Santa Clara County.