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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 1991-10-20 1998-09-28
Information Water-quality 1978-07-17 2007-09-05
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1968-02-01 1998-09-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1968-02-01 2007-05-10
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1968-10-07 1998-09-28
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1968-10-07 1998-09-28
Microbiological Water-quality 1991-10-20 1998-09-28
Nutrient Water-quality 1968-10-07 2000-06-13
Organics, other Water-quality 1998-09-28 2000-06-13
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1929-05-01 2024-11-23
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1998-09-28 1998-09-28
Sediment Water-quality 1977-07-04 1998-09-28
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1986-12-05 1988-10-14
n/a Peak Measurements 1929-06-03 2023-07-03
n/a Site Visits 1947-06-22 2024-10-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06411500 is associated with a Stream in Pennington County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1929 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06411500 n/a
Site name
RAPID CREEK BELOW PACTOLA DAM,SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 440436 n/a
DMS longitude 1032854 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.07665378 n/a
Decimal longitude -103.482134 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 min. M
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
South Dakota 46
State
South Dakota 46
County
Pennington County 103
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNES02 T01N R05E 7 n/a
Name of location map PACTOLA DAM, SD n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 4407.82 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Reported method of determination. R
Altitude accuracy 111 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10120110
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
321 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 321 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST 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 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 n/a

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