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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2001-09-12 2003-06-16
Information Water-quality 1960-10-12 2003-06-16
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1960-10-12 1995-08-24
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-10-12 2003-06-16
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-10-12 1994-08-30
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1960-10-12 1995-08-24
Microbiological Water-quality 2001-09-12 2003-06-16
Nutrient Water-quality 1960-10-12 2003-06-16
Organics, other Water-quality 1985-04-18 1995-08-24
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1994-05-31 1995-08-24
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1930-10-01 2024-11-13
Sediment Water-quality 1993-04-01 2003-06-16
n/a Peak Measurements 1931-05-18 2022-06-01
n/a Site Visits 1949-04-07 2024-10-31
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05046000 is associated with a Stream in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1930 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05046000 n/a
Site name
OTTER TAIL RIVER BL ORWELL D NR FERGUS FALLS, MN n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 461251.76 n/a
DMS longitude 0961101.76 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.2143495 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.1841473 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Minnesota 27
State
Minnesota 27
County
Otter Tail County 111
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENES34 T132N R44W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1032.10 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
09020103
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
1740 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number MN-00112 n/a