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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1989-03-13 1994-03-04
Nutrient Water-quality 1991-05-31 1991-05-31
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1988-10-01 2024-11-23
Sediment Water-quality 1989-03-13 1995-06-19
n/a Peak Measurements 1989-03-11 2023-05-13
n/a Site Visits 1988-08-11 2024-06-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06440200 is associated with a Stream in Jackson County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1988 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06440200 n/a
Site name
SOUTH FORK BAD RIVER NEAR COTTONWOOD,SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 435808.5 n/a
DMS longitude 1014600.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.9690175 n/a
Decimal longitude -101.767229 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
Jackson County 071
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESWSES07 T01S R20E 5 n/a
Name of location map COTTONWOOD NE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2244.59 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
10140102
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
257 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 257 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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