Red River of the North at Wahpeton, ND - 05051500
Important information about this monitoring location
Real-time discharge values displayed on this graph are for the Red River only. Daily discharge values are available both for the Red River only and for the Red River and Ottertail River Diversion, combined. They are labeled "Red River Only" and "Combined", respectively. Daily discharge values labeled "Combined" include the combined flows from the Red River at Wahpeton, ND (05051500) and the Otter Tail River Diversion at Breckenridge, MN (05046475) beginning in the water year 2005.
Location details and information
Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
---|---|---|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
Site identification number
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05051500 | n/a |
Site name
|
RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT WAHPETON, ND | n/a |
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
DMS latitude | 461558 | n/a |
DMS longitude | 0963554 | n/a |
Decimal latitude | 46.26607 | n/a |
Decimal longitude | -96.5986848 | n/a |
Latitude-longitude method
|
Interpolated from MAP. | M |
Latitude-longitude accuracy
|
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. | F |
Latitude-longitude datum
|
North American Datum of 1927 | NAD27 |
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum | North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
District
|
North Dakota | 38 |
State
|
North Dakota | 38 |
County
|
Richland County | 077 |
Country | US | n/a |
Land net location description | S08 T132N R47W 5 | n/a |
Name of location map | WAHPETON, ND | n/a |
Scale of location map | n/a | |
Altitude of Gage/land surface | 943.89 feet | n/a |
Method altitude determined | GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System | X |
Altitude accuracy | .14 feet | n/a |
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Upper Red | 09020104 |
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
|
4010 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 | YNNNNNNN | 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 | n/a |