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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1966-08-03 1968-09-13
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1966-08-03 1968-09-13
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-08-03 1968-09-13
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-08-03 1968-09-13
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1966-08-03 1968-09-13
Nutrient Water-quality 1966-08-03 1968-09-13
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1966-08-03 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1966-08-03 1968-09-13
n/a Peak Measurements 2022-02-28 2023-02-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2010-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06794700 is associated with a Stream in Colfax County, Nebraska. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1966 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06794700 n/a
Site name
Platte River near Schuyler, Nebr. n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 412451.03 n/a
DMS longitude 0970335.03 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.414175 n/a
Decimal longitude -97.0597306 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Level 2 survey-grade GPS C
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
Colfax County 037
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSWS26 T17 R03E 6 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1340.62 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .15 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10200201
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST 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