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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1965-08-26 2019-07-16
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1965-08-26 1978-04-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1965-08-26 1978-04-02
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1965-08-26 1978-04-02
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1965-08-26 1978-04-02
Nutrient Water-quality 1965-08-26 1978-04-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1945-04-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1977-03-22 2019-07-16
n/a Peak Measurements 1921-01-01 2024-05-28
n/a Site Visits 1955-08-05 2024-10-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05061000 is associated with a Stream in Clay County, Minnesota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1921 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05061000 n/a
Site name
BUFFALO RIVER NEAR HAWLEY, MN n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 465100 n/a
DMS longitude 0961945 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.84995979 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.3295093 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Minnesota 27
State
Minnesota 27
County
Clay County 027
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSE S14 T139N R45W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1112.92 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .04 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
09020106
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
325 square miles 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 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 MN-00112 n/a