Sheyenne River at West Fargo, ND - 05059500
Important information about this monitoring location
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).
Location details and information
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
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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
|
Lower Sheyenne | 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 |