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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-10-04 1981-09-04
Information Water-quality 1946-05-07 2000-08-02
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1953-10-01 2000-08-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1953-10-01 2000-08-02
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1953-11-01 2000-08-02
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1953-11-01 2000-08-02
Microbiological Water-quality 1972-08-29 1986-08-19
Nutrient Water-quality 1953-11-01 2000-08-02
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-10-04 2000-08-02
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1997-01-02 2000-08-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1946-05-28 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1974-10-04 1981-09-04
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-01-30 1998-12-01
Sediment Water-quality 1946-05-07 2000-06-14
n/a Peak Measurements 1930-04-07 1965-08-13
n/a Site Visits 1918-12-07 2011-06-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06440000 is associated with a Stream in Hughes County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1918 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06440000 n/a
Site name
MISSOURI RIVER AT PIERRE,SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 442223 n/a
DMS longitude 1002203 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.3730377 n/a
Decimal longitude -100.3679114 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
Hughes County 065
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSWS32 T111N R79W 5 n/a
Name of location map PIERRE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1415.48 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10140101
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
243500 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 243500 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST 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 YNNNNNNN 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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