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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1962-01-10 1975-09-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1962-01-10 1975-09-12
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1962-01-10 1975-09-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1962-01-10 1975-09-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1962-01-10 1975-09-12
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1962-01-10 1975-10-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1966-03-13 1975-04-15
n/a Site Visits 1965-03-08 2006-04-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2006-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05055520 is associated with a Stream in Benson County, North Dakota. Water data back to 1962 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05055520 n/a
Site name
BIG COULEE NR FORT TOTTEN, ND n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 475257 n/a
DMS longitude 0985802 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.88249809 n/a
Decimal longitude -98.967618 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
Benson County 005
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNESWS22 T151N R65W 5 n/a
Name of location map FORT TOTTEN, ND n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1480 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
09020202
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
23.2 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 7.7 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