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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1957-06-21 1979-08-23
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1957-06-21 1979-06-22
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1957-06-21 1979-06-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1957-06-21 1979-06-22
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1957-06-21 1979-06-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1957-06-21 1976-06-02
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1956-06-01 1979-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1957-04-19 1979-04-12
n/a Site Visits 1956-05-18 1979-10-24
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05051700 is associated with a Stream in Sargent County, North Dakota. Water data back to 1956 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05051700 n/a
Site name
WILD RICE RIVER NR CAYUGA, ND n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 460730 n/a
DMS longitude 0972140 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.12496149 n/a
Decimal longitude -97.3614813 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
North Dakota 38
State
North Dakota 38
County
Sargent County 081
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWS29 T131N R53W 5 n/a
Name of location map GENESEO, ND n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1095.64 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
09020105
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
955 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 565 square miles 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 n/a