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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1971-10-06 2024-01-09
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1971-10-12 2024-01-09
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-10-12 2024-01-09
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-10-12 2024-01-09
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1971-10-12 2024-01-09
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-01-28 2008-09-03
Nutrient Water-quality 1971-10-12 2024-01-09
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-09-05 2024-01-09
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1944-04-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1982-04-14 1982-08-31
Sediment Water-quality 1974-08-07 2012-08-06
n/a Peak Measurements 1882-04-01 2023-04-17
n/a Site Visits 1944-04-09 2024-09-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05085000 is associated with a Stream in Walsh County, North Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1882 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05085000 n/a
Site name
FOREST RIVER AT MINTO, ND n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 481710 n/a
DMS longitude 0972211 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.286099 n/a
Decimal longitude -97.3700763 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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
Walsh County 099
Country US n/a
Land net location description S31 T156N R52W 5 n/a
Name of location map MINTO, ND n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 808.03 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .08 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
09020308
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
740 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 620 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 AMB n/a

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