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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1977-10-11 2009-11-05
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1972-08-24 1981-07-30
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Water-quality 1972-08-24 2009-11-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-04-24 1981-09-28
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1974-04-24 1981-09-28
Microbiological Water-quality 1972-08-24 1981-09-28
Nutrient Water-quality 1972-08-24 1989-11-02
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-03-06 2004-05-30
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2002-06-05 2004-05-30
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1971-10-01 2024-12-03
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-01-30 1981-05-01
Sediment Water-quality 2002-05-22 2009-11-05
n/a Peak Measurements 1969-04-10 2023-04-11
n/a Site Visits 1968-09-05 2024-10-31
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06482020 is associated with a Stream in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1968 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06482020 n/a
Site name
BIG SIOUX R AT NORTH CLIFF AVE AT SIOUX FALLS,SD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 433401.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0964239.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.56700265 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.7113274 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
Minnehaha County 099
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNWS10 T101N R49W 5 n/a
Name of location map SIOUX FALLS EAST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1295.09 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .07 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10170203
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
4662 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 3778 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 8648-9R200 n/a

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