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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1970-06-01 1970-07-16
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1968-10-01 1972-09-01
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1968-10-01 1972-09-01
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1968-10-01 1972-09-01
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1968-11-14 1971-03-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1968-10-01 1972-09-01
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1953-07-01 2024-11-23
n/a Peak Measurements 1954-06-21 2023-04-28
n/a Site Visits 1965-08-17 2024-08-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06478000 is associated with a Stream in Hanson County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1953 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06478000 n/a
Site name
JAMES RIVER NEAR MITCHELL,SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 433932 n/a
DMS longitude 0975508 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.65887165 n/a
Decimal longitude -97.9192403 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
Hanson County 061
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNENWS09 T102N R59W 5 n/a
Name of location map RIVERSIDE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1194.42 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10160011
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
19088 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 17037 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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