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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2012-06-10 2024-11-12
n/a Peak Measurements 2014-08-31 2023-06-09
n/a Site Visits 2012-06-10 2024-10-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2012-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05056678 is associated with a Stream in Nelson County, North Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 2012 are available online.

This station is operated seasonally (March 1 to November 30).
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05056678 n/a
Site name
TOLNA COULEE NEAR TOLNA, ND n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 475139 n/a
DMS longitude 0982940 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.8608333 n/a
Decimal longitude -98.4944444 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
North Dakota 38
State
North Dakota 38
County
Nelson County 063
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESWS29 T151N R61W 5 n/a
Name of location map TOLNA, ND n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1424.15 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .04 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
09020203
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNYNNNYYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN 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 Y 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 8638001 n/a

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