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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1976-07-21 1976-07-21
Information Water-quality 1960-05-04 1986-10-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1960-05-04 1986-05-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-05-04 1986-10-15
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-05-04 1986-05-16
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1960-05-04 1985-10-29
Microbiological Water-quality 1976-07-21 1976-07-21
Nutrient Water-quality 1960-05-04 1986-05-16
Physical Water-quality 1960-05-04 1986-10-15
Population/Community Water-quality 1976-07-21 1976-07-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-05-14 1981-05-14
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05056405 is associated with a Stream in Benson County, North Dakota. Water data back to 1960 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05056405 n/a
Site name
BIG COULEE AT GRAHAM IS INLET NR FORT TOTTEN, ND n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 480225 n/a
DMS longitude 0990250 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.0402769 n/a
Decimal longitude -99.0476269 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 S29 T153N R65W 5 n/a
Name of location map GRAHAMS ISLAND, ND n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
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
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 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