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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1983-10-06 2015-10-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1989-04-03 2015-10-08
Nutrient Water-quality 1989-04-03 2015-10-08
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1983-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 2007-05-09 2015-10-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1984-06-23 2023-04-05
n/a Site Visits 1983-09-13 2024-08-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06479010 is associated with a Stream in Clay County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1983 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06479010 n/a
Site name
VERMILLION RIVER NEAR VERMILLION,SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 424902 n/a
DMS longitude 0965526 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.8172187 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.9242106 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
Clay County 027
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESENES01 T92N R52W 5 n/a
Name of location map VERMILLION n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1121.65 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10170102
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
2254 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 1776 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 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

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