| Site type: Precipitation |
| Station identifier: MRS (Mammoth Ranger Station) |
| USGS station number: none |
| Latitude: 37°38'52" (NAD27) |
| Longitude: 118°57'35" (NAD27) |
| Altitude: 7,800 ft above sea level (NGVD29) |
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MRS is a monitoring site at the Mammoth Ranger Station in the town of Mammoth Lakes where precipitation is monitored continuously, and monthly accumulations are totalled using a weighing bucket gage and chart recorder. Precipitation is important to measure because water levels in shallow wells, springs, and streams respond to precipitation. These data help us distinguish water-level responses to the hydrological cycle from responses to crustal unrest. | |
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MRS on Maps
10 meter resolution digital elevation model
with all monitoring sites on the Hydrologic Studies Homepage (MRS is not labeled)
Plots and Data from MRS
graph showing monthly and annual precipitation since 1982 (shown with HCF discharge and SC-1 and SC-2 water levels)
graph showing monthly and annual precipitation since 1982 in inches or millimeters