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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1962-03-28 1986-09-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1962-03-28 1962-05-22
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1962-03-28 1962-05-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1962-03-28 1962-05-22
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1962-03-28 1962-05-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1962-03-28 1962-05-22
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1945-10-01 2024-11-23
n/a Peak Measurements 1946-05-26 2023-06-26
n/a Site Visits 1952-04-01 2024-07-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2008-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06439000 is associated with a Stream in Meade County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1945 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06439000 n/a
Site name
CHERRY CREEK NEAR PLAINVIEW,SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 444435 n/a
DMS longitude 1020311 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.74304495 n/a
Decimal longitude -102.0534948 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
Meade County 093
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNES 16T 9N R 17E n/a
Name of location map LEMMON CREEK n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2158.24 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Reported method of determination. R
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10120113
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
1209 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 1209 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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