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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2012-11-02 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1980-03-19 2022-06-14
n/a Site Visits 1972-03-24 2024-06-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05355024 is associated with a Stream in Rice County, Minnesota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1972 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05355024 n/a
Site name
CANNON RIVER AT NORTHFIELD MN n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 442730.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0930934.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.4585833 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.1596667 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
Rice County 131
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENE S01 T111N R20W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07040002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
929 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