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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1957-10-01 1986-09-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1950-12-15 1965-11-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1950-12-15 1965-11-19
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1950-12-15 1965-11-19
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1950-12-15 1965-11-19
Nutrient Water-quality 1950-12-15 1965-11-19
Organics, other Water-quality 1950-12-15 1965-11-19
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1969-12-04 1970-05-13
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1949-10-01 2024-11-23
Sediment Water-quality 1957-10-03 1977-06-14
n/a Peak Measurements 1930-05-11 2023-05-14
n/a Site Visits 1975-11-06 2024-11-18
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06450500 is associated with a Stream in Mellette County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1930 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06450500 n/a
Site name
LITTLE WHITE RIVER BELOW WHITE RIVER,SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 433605 n/a
DMS longitude 1004458 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.60138549 n/a
Decimal longitude -100.7498608 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
Mellette County 095
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNWS23 T42N R29W 6 n/a
Name of location map WHITE RIVER EAST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1914.19 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
10140203
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
1549 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 1495 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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