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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.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1987-08-24 1990-08-13
Information Water-quality 1973-11-28 2012-07-16
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1972-04-26 2012-07-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-04-26 2012-07-16
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-04-26 2012-07-16
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1972-04-26 2012-07-16
Nutrient Water-quality 1972-04-26 1995-08-29
Organics, other Water-quality 1987-08-24 1990-08-13
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1991-05-22 1995-07-31
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1968-06-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1982-04-13 1982-08-11
Sediment Water-quality 1985-05-14 1995-08-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1969-04-13 2024-06-09
n/a Site Visits 1968-06-06 2024-10-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06468170 is associated with a Stream in Foster County, North Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1968 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06468170 n/a
Site name
JAMES RIVER NR GRACE CITY, ND n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 473329 n/a
DMS longitude 0985145 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.5580525 n/a
Decimal longitude -98.862885 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
North Dakota 38
State
North Dakota 38
County
Foster County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description S18 T147N R64W 5 n/a
Name of location map GRACE CITY, ND n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1458.63 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .02 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10160001
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
1060 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 410 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
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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