Red River of the North at Fargo, ND - 05054000
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Red River of the North at Fargo, ND - 05054000
Subscribe to WaterAlert February 14, 2025 - February 21, 2025
Gage height, feet
14.34 ft - Feb 21, 2025 05:15:00 AM CST
Important Data may be provisional
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
14.34 ft
Provisional
Feb 21, 2025
05:15:00 AM CST
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14.34 ft
Provisional
Feb 21, 2025
05:15:00 AM CST
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Statistics for February 21, 2025 based on 90 years of data
Gage height, ft
low (1927)
0.90 ft
25th percentile
8.03 ft
median
14.14 ft
75th percentile
14.57 ft
mean
12.27 ft
high (2017)
19.79 ft
Available data
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Learn about the data collection categories Continuous data
9 data types available - data from 1994-10-01 to 2025-02-21
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2007-10-01 - 2025-02-21
Discharge, cubic feet per second
1994-10-01 - 2025-02-21
Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
2007-10-01 - 2025-02-21
pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
2007-10-01 - 2025-02-21
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
2007-10-01 - 2025-02-21
Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
2024-10-24 - 2025-02-21
Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter
2024-10-24 - 2025-02-21
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
2007-10-01 - 2025-02-21
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
2007-10-01 - 2025-02-21
Daily data
9 data types available - data from 1901-05-27 to 2025-02-20
Field measurements - Coming soon
0 data types available
Discrete sample data
196 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1949-05-16 to 2025-01-23
1089 Sampling activities
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Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.
Interested in understanding how to access the upstream/downstream data? Learn about the Network-Linked Data Index (NLDI)
| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological | Water-quality | 2003-09-16 | 2004-05-12 |
| Information | Water-quality | 1955-11-01 | 2024-01-31 |
| Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 1949-05-16 | 2023-10-04 |
| Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1949-05-16 | 2025-02-21 |
| Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals | Water-quality | 1949-05-16 | 2023-10-04 |
| Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 1949-05-16 | 2023-10-04 |
| Microbiological | Water-quality | 1991-03-12 | 2008-08-06 |
| Nutrient | Water-quality | 1949-05-16 | 2023-10-04 |
| Organics, other | Water-quality | 1991-03-12 | 2023-10-04 |
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1901-05-27 | 2025-02-21 |
| Radiochemistry | Water-quality | 1971-10-27 | 1982-08-25 |
| Sediment | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1975-07-03 | 2025-02-21 |
| n/a | Peak Measurements | 1897-04-07 | 2024-05-27 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 1901-05-04 | 2025-01-23 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2006-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
Monitoring location 05054000 is associated with a Stream in Cass County, North Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 1897 are available online.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
05054000 | n/a |
|
Site name
|
RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT FARGO, ND | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 465140 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 0964700 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 46.861075 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -96.7836924 | 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
|
Cass County | 017 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | S18 T139N R48W 5 | n/a |
| Name of location map | FARGO SOUTH, ND | n/a |
| Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 862.70 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System | X |
| Altitude accuracy | .03 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
|
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
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
|
6800 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 | AMB | n/a |
