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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1981-07-22 1993-07-19
Information Water-quality 1970-09-24 2008-10-21
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1969-09-19 2008-10-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Water-quality 1969-07-17 2008-10-21
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-09-19 2008-10-21
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1969-09-19 2008-10-21
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-07-17 1974-01-29
Nutrient Water-quality 1969-07-17 2008-10-21
Organics, other Water-quality 1969-07-17 1994-07-21
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1969-09-19 1995-08-30
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1969-07-17 2008-10-21
Sediment Water-quality 1985-01-08 1995-08-30
n/a Site Visits 1982-04-15 1989-04-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2008-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06470830 is associated with a Stream in Dickey County, North Dakota. Water data back to 1969 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06470830 n/a
Site name
JAMES RIVER AT OAKES, ND n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 460820 n/a
DMS longitude 0980655 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.13885667 n/a
Decimal longitude -98.1156571 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
Dickey County 021
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENES30 T131N R59W 5 n/a
Name of location map OAKES, ND n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1200.0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10160003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
5320 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 2120 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 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