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Important for you to know:

  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1976-10-04 1983-06-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1965-04-27 1983-06-15
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1965-04-27 1983-06-15
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1965-04-27 1983-06-15
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1965-04-27 1983-06-15
Microbiological Water-quality 1977-02-25 1978-07-18
Nutrient Water-quality 1965-04-27 1983-06-15
Organics, other Water-quality 1979-10-24 1979-10-24
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1931-03-01 1983-06-15
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-03-31 1981-06-25
Sediment Water-quality 1977-01-17 1979-09-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1931-03-21 1952-04-14
n/a Site Visits 1975-06-04 1981-09-24
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06179500 is associated with a Stream in 000, Saskatchewan. Water data back to 1931 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06179500 n/a
Site name
West Fork Poplar River at international boundary n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 490000.02 n/a
DMS longitude 1062205.98 n/a
Decimal latitude 49.00000556 n/a
Decimal longitude -106.3683278 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
30 n/a
State
Saskatchewan 94
County
000 n/a
Country CA n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2847.83 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
n/a
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
145 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 n/a