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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.

Local assumed datum was changed on October 1st, 2022. Prior to change, data were published in elevation in National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929 (NGVD29).

Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1993-03-10 2001-08-07
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1960-02-19 2001-08-07
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-02-19 2001-08-07
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-02-19 1971-04-08
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1960-02-19 2001-08-07
Nutrient Water-quality 1960-02-19 1993-03-10
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1960-02-19 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 2001-03-13 2001-08-07
n/a Peak Measurements 2023-05-19 2023-05-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05057500 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Barnes County, North Dakota. Current conditions of Gage height, Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, and Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929 are available. Water data back to 1960 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05057500 n/a
Site name
LAKE ASHTABULA AT BALDHILL DAM, ND n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 470210.28 n/a
DMS longitude 0980453.53 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.03618889 n/a
Decimal longitude -98.0815361 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .01 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). H
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
Barnes County 003
Country US n/a
Land net location description S18 T141N R58W 5 n/a
Name of location map BALDHILL DAM, ND n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1201.23 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .02 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
09020203
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
7470 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 1910 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

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