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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
Information Water-quality 1983-01-04 1984-04-25
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1972-06-14 1984-04-25
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1968-10-19 1989-12-20
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-06-14 1984-04-25
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1972-06-14 1984-04-25
Microbiological Water-quality 1968-10-19 1989-12-20
Nutrient Water-quality 1972-06-14 1989-12-20
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1950-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1983-04-25 1984-04-25
n/a Peak Measurements 1920-05-01 2023-05-14
n/a Site Visits 1994-03-07 2024-07-17
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06438500 is associated with a Stream in Ziebach County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1920 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06438500 n/a
Site name
CHEYENNE RIVER NEAR PLAINVIEW,SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 443146 n/a
DMS longitude 1015547 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.5294304 n/a
Decimal longitude -101.9301531 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
Ziebach County 137
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNWNES34 T07N R18E 7 n/a
Name of location map BRIDGER n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1848.70 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Reported method of determination. R
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10120112
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
21351 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 21340 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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