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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1976-07-21 2023-10-17
Information Water-quality 1974-05-24 2024-01-23
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1965-10-21 2024-01-23
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1965-10-21 2024-01-23
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-10-13 2024-01-23
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1965-10-21 2024-01-23
Microbiological Water-quality 1976-07-21 1976-07-21
Nutrient Water-quality 1965-10-21 2023-08-02
Physical Water-quality 1965-10-21 2024-01-23
Population/Community Water-quality 1976-07-21 1976-07-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-05-13 1981-05-13
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2013-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05056260 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Ramsey County, North Dakota. Water data back to 1965 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05056260 n/a
Site name
LAKE IRVINE NR CHURCHS FERRY, ND n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 481657 n/a
DMS longitude 0991025 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.28249926 n/a
Decimal longitude -99.1740232 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
Ramsey County 071
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1400.00 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
09020201
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
2120 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 1620 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