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	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

Operated in cooperation with:

North Dakota Department of Water resources

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds