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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1983-11-02 2013-09-21
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2013-09-21 2013-09-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1994-04-19 2013-09-21
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2013-09-21 2013-09-21
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2013-09-21 2013-09-21
Nutrient Water-quality 1994-04-19 2013-09-21
Organics, other Water-quality 2013-09-21 2013-09-21
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2013-09-21 2013-09-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1943-10-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2013-09-21 2013-09-21
Sediment Daily Values 1943-10-04 1948-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1935-05-31 2023-06-13
n/a Site Visits 2001-12-06 2024-10-31
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06759500 is associated with a Stream in Morgan County, Colorado. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1935 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06759500 n/a
Site name
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT FORT MORGAN, CO n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 401606.25 n/a
DMS longitude 1034804.29 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.26840278 n/a
Decimal longitude -103.8011917 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Colorado 08
State
Colorado 08
County
Morgan County 087
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNES31 T004N R057W n/a
Name of location map Fort Morgan, CO n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 4246.09 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS1 - Level 1 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System W
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10190012
Drainage basin
06 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
14648 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files YYNNNNNN 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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