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  • 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 Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1982-06-24 1996-09-05
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1996-09-05 1996-09-05
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1996-09-05 1996-09-05
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1996-09-05 1996-09-05
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1996-09-05 1996-09-05
Nutrient Water-quality 1996-09-05 1996-09-05
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1978-11-01 2024-12-03
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1996-09-05 1996-09-05
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1996-09-05 1996-09-05
n/a Peak Measurements 1979-08-08 2023-06-28
n/a Site Visits 1978-11-08 2024-10-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06425100 is associated with a Stream in , . Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1978 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06425100 n/a
Site name
ELK CREEK NR RAPID CITY,SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude n/a
DMS longitude n/a
Decimal latitude 44.2402646 n/a
Decimal longitude -103.1512907 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
n/a
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 min. M
Latitude-longitude datum
n/a
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
n/a
State
n/a
County
n/a
Country 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 2943.73 feet n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy 111 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10120111
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
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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