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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2002-10-16 2015-09-09
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2002-11-26 2004-10-31
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2002-10-16 2015-09-09
Nutrient Water-quality 2002-10-16 2015-09-09
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2004-07-12 2004-07-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2002-09-11 2015-10-01
Sediment Water-quality 2002-11-26 2015-07-21
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2004-07-12 2004-07-12
n/a Peak Measurements 2003-06-10 2015-06-03
n/a Site Visits 2002-06-25 2015-09-30
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2015-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05078470 is associated with a Ditch in Polk County, Minnesota. Water data back to 2002 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05078470 n/a
Site name
Judicial Ditch 64 Near Mentor, MN (SW4) n/a
Site type
Ditch
ST-DCH
DMS latitude 474416 n/a
DMS longitude 0961209 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.73777778 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.2025 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Minnesota 27
State
Minnesota 27
County
Polk County 119
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESENES07 T149N R43W n/a
Name of location map MENTOR, MINN. n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1119.19 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .06 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
09020303
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
20020806 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20020806 n/a
Drainage area
9.6 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 9.6 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files Y Y 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-18000 n/a