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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1978-04-10 1993-08-20
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1988-06-23 1988-06-23
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-07-05 1988-06-23
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1988-06-23 1988-06-23
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1988-06-23 1988-06-23
Nutrient Water-quality 1988-06-23 1988-06-23
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1950-03-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1950-05-22 2023-04-21
n/a Site Visits 1950-04-01 2024-10-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06475000 is associated with a Stream in Spink County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1950 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06475000 n/a
Site name
JAMES RIVER NEAR REDFIELD,SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 445438 n/a
DMS longitude 0982818 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.91053097 n/a
Decimal longitude -98.4720386 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
Spink County 115
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNWNWS31 T117N R63W 5 n/a
Name of location map ASHTON n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1240.5 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10160006
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
13886 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 11879 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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