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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2000-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2001-04-09 2023-04-13
n/a Site Visits 2000-09-21 2024-10-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06479770 is associated with a Stream in Brookings County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 2000 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06479770 n/a
Site name
BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR BRUCE, SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 442803.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0965313.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.4675224 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.8874204 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 3 sec (SPS GPS). R
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
Brookings County 011
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENENES36 T112N R51W 5 n/a
Name of location map BRUCE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1611.96 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10170202
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
2396 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 1549 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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