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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2011-04-12 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2015-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06331885 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Mountrail County, North Dakota. Current conditions of Gage height, Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 2011 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06331885 n/a
Site name
WHITE EARTH LAKE NEAR WHITE EARTH, ND n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 482710.4 n/a
DMS longitude 1024438.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 48.45288889 n/a
Decimal longitude -102.7439722 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
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
North Dakota 38
State
North Dakota 38
County
Mountrail County 061
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNES06 T157N R93W 5 n/a
Name of location map ROSS NW, ND n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2100.04 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10110101
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20150501 n/a
Drainage area
386 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files 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 8638001 n/a

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