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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Unit Values 2022-03-31 2024-10-28
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Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06437300 is associated with a Stream in Meade County, South Dakota. Water data back to 2021 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06437300 n/a
Site name
BEAR BUTTE CREEK AT AVALANCHE ROAD AT STURGIS, SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 442518.31 n/a
DMS longitude 1033222.97 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.42175278 n/a
Decimal longitude -103.5397139 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
South Dakota 46
State
South Dakota 46
County
Meade County 093
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESWS05 T05N R05E B n/a
Name of location map STURGIS, SD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 3502 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1.6 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10120202
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20210826 n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area 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 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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