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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.
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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1982-05-04 2004-12-02
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1982-05-04 2004-12-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1982-05-04 2024-11-14
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1982-05-04 2003-02-13
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1982-05-04 2004-12-02
Microbiological Water-quality 1998-12-08 2004-12-02
Nutrient Water-quality 1982-05-04 2004-12-02
Organics, other Water-quality 2003-06-03 2004-12-02
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2003-06-03 2004-12-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1945-10-01 2024-11-23
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2000-08-01 2002-08-28
Sediment Water-quality 1947-06-09 2003-09-09
n/a Peak Measurements 1946-09-19 2023-05-13
n/a Site Visits 1945-11-02 2024-09-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06461500 is associated with a Stream in Cherry County, Nebraska. 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
06461500 n/a
Site name
Niobrara River near Sparks, Nebr. n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 425407.48 n/a
DMS longitude 1002145.10 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.90207778 n/a
Decimal longitude -100.3625278 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Level 2 survey-grade GPS C
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Nebraska 31
State
Nebraska 31
County
Cherry County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSES22 T34N R26W 6 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2288.68 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .06 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10150004
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
7150 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
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 862600100 n/a

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