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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
Biological Water-quality 1989-08-23 1991-05-30
Information Water-quality 1960-10-03 2020-05-18
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1960-10-03 2019-10-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-10-03 2002-10-04
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-10-03 1968-10-16
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1960-10-03 2019-10-08
Microbiological Water-quality 1989-08-23 1990-08-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1960-10-03 2018-04-27
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1990-08-22 1990-08-22
Organics, other Water-quality 1989-08-23 1992-04-21
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1990-08-22 1998-07-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1909-07-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1960-10-03 2020-05-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1910-03-11 2023-05-16
n/a Site Visits 1947-07-08 2024-10-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05317000 is associated with a Stream in Brown 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
05317000 n/a
Site name
COTTONWOOD RIVER NEAR NEW ULM, MN n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 441721.81 n/a
DMS longitude 0942618.98 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.28939167 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.4386056 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Brown County 015
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSES33 T110N R30W 5 n/a
Name of location map NEW ULM, MN n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 820 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1.6 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07020008
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
1300 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 NYNNNNNN 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