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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.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1969-09-16 2012-08-02
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1969-09-16 2012-08-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-09-16 2012-08-02
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-09-16 2012-08-02
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1969-09-16 2012-08-02
Nutrient Water-quality 1969-09-16 1991-03-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1903-05-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1982-08-26 1991-03-12
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1991-03-12 1991-03-12
n/a Peak Measurements 1903-04-11 2023-04-24
n/a Site Visits 1929-09-16 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 05059500 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 1903 are available online.

Real-time discharge values displayed on this graph are for the Sheyenne River only. Provisional daily discharge values, obtained at the link below, do not include the discharge from the Sheyenne River Diversion at West Fargo, (05059480). Approved daily discharge values beginning in water year 1993 include the combined flows from the Sheyenne River at West Fargo (05059500) and the Sheyenne River Diversion at West Fargo (05059480).
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05059500 n/a
Site name
SHEYENNE RIVER AT WEST FARGO, ND n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 465328 n/a
DMS longitude 0965424 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.8910784 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.9070286 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
Cass County 017
Country US n/a
Land net location description S31 T140N 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 877.49 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
8870 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 3090 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 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 n/a

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