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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2020-02-20 2020-04-29
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2020-01-17 2020-04-29
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2017-06-14 2019-11-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2017-06-14 2020-04-29
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2017-06-14 2020-04-29
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2016-08-17 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2017-08-15 2023-05-29
n/a Site Visits 2016-08-17 2024-11-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2016-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06418800 is associated with a Stream in Pennington County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2016 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06418800 n/a
Site name
RAPID CREEK ABOVE WRF NR RAPID CITY, SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 440136.5 n/a
DMS longitude 1030604 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.02680556 n/a
Decimal longitude -103.1011111 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Reported. R
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 min. M
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
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 NESESWS24 T1N R8E n/a
Name of location map BOX ELDER n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 3003.24 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy .1 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
449.39 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
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 n/a

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