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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1993-03-22 2013-07-18
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1994-04-12 2011-08-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1994-04-12 2011-08-02
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1994-04-12 2011-08-02
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1994-04-12 2011-08-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1992-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 2013-04-27 2013-07-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1993-08-11 2023-04-24
n/a Site Visits 1993-03-22 2024-10-28
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05059480 is associated with a Stream in Cass County, North Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1992 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05059480 n/a
Site name
SHEYENNE RIVER DIVERSION AT WEST FARGO, ND n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 465328 n/a
DMS longitude 0965459 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.8910787 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.916751 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 3 sec (SPS GPS). R
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
Cass County 017
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWS06 T139N R49W 5 n/a
Name of location map WEST FARGO NORTH, ND n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 877.72 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .09 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
09020204
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 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 YNNNNNNN 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 ND001 n/a

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