STATION 42 - LEXINGTON RESERVOIR
ALERT ID 2068

Location
Latitude: 37/11/01
Elevation (NGVD29):  699 ft .		 Longitude: 121/59/23
Locaide:  32 27-45

Description
Station located above Lexington Reservoir, on the California Department of Forestry, Alma Station grounds.

Period of Record
Records begin in 1951, with continuous operation to the present.

Station History
Date Note
10/25/1951 3-inch non-recorder installed.
01/01/1960 8-inch non-recorder installed, replacing the 3-inch Gauge.
10/01/1969 8-inch Bendix recorder installed.
10/15/1974 8-inch Bendix recorder moved 100 feet north.
11/06/1974 8-inch Fischer & Porter ADR recorder installed, replacing the 8-inch Bendix Gauge.
05/02/1975 Telephone telemetry installed.
03/01/1979 Fischer & Porter ADR converted from metric to english measurement.
05/28/1980 05/28/1980Fischer & Porter ADR converted from english to metric measurement.
10/28/1984 12-inch Sierra-Misco radio-reporting tipping bucket Gauge, with one millimeter resolution, installed to supplement the existing Fischer & Porter ADR.
06/30/1992 Fischer & Porter removed.

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