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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1981-12-07 1992-08-21
Nutrient Water-quality 1987-05-07 1987-05-07
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1908-02-04 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1983-09-27 1983-09-27
n/a Peak Measurements 1947-06-22 2023-06-23
n/a Site Visits 1947-04-29 2024-07-09
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06431500 is associated with a Stream in Lawrence County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1908 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06431500 n/a
Site name
SPEARFISH CREEK AT SPEARFISH,SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 442857 n/a
DMS longitude 1035140 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.48248388 n/a
Decimal longitude -103.861592 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
Lawrence County 081
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENWS15 T06N R02E 7 n/a
Name of location map SPEARFISH n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 3656.67 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10120203
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
165 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 165 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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USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds
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USGS - Federal Priority Streamgages