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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1960-10-03 2017-08-18
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1960-10-03 1963-03-01
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-10-03 1963-03-01
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-10-03 1963-03-01
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1960-10-03 1963-03-01
Nutrient Water-quality 1960-10-03 1963-03-01
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1931-04-01 2024-11-17
Sediment Water-quality 1960-10-03 2017-08-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1931-06-14 2023-04-14
n/a Site Visits 1938-07-08 2024-09-18
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05313500 is associated with a Stream in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1931 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05313500 n/a
Site name
YELLOW MEDICINE RIVER NEAR GRANITE FALLS, MN n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 444254.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0953238.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.71516667 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.5441111 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Yellow Medicine County 173
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSWS35 T115N R39W n/a
Name of location map WOOD LAKE, MINN. n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 984.47 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07020004
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
666 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
Unchecked data. U
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