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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1967-09-22 2018-06-19
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1967-09-22 1976-08-20
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1967-09-22 2001-06-26
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1967-09-22 1976-08-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1967-09-22 1976-08-20
Nutrient Water-quality 1967-09-22 1997-04-02
Organics, other Water-quality 2000-10-16 2000-10-16
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1909-07-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1997-04-02 2018-06-19
n/a Peak Measurements 1910-03-19 2023-04-16
n/a Site Visits 1950-01-17 2024-06-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2018-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05270500 is associated with a Stream in Stearns County, Minnesota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1909 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05270500 n/a
Site name
SAUK RIVER NEAR ST. CLOUD, MN n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 453335 n/a
DMS longitude 0941400 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.55968715 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.2336033 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
Stearns County 145
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSW S08 T124N R28W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1035.26 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07010202
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
1030 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-00111 n/a