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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2015-04-21 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2015-05-30 2023-09-16
n/a Site Visits 2015-05-27 2024-10-03
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2015-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06680500 is associated with a Stream in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Temperature, and more are available. Water data back to 2015 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06680500 n/a
Site name
North Platte River at Scottsbluff, Nebr. n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 415059.8 n/a
DMS longitude 1034032.0 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.84994444 n/a
Decimal longitude -103.6755556 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Nebraska 31
State
Nebraska 31
County
Scotts Bluff County 157
Country US n/a
Land net location description S025T0022NR0055W6 n/a
Name of location map SCOTTSBLUFF SOUTH, N n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 3863.32 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10180009
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
24500 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 22550.00 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
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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