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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Groundwater Levels, Unit Values 1979-10-25 2024-12-02
n/a USGS Active Groundwater Level Network Site 1979-01-01 2021-01-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 451848096363501 is associated with a Well in Grant County, South Dakota. Current conditions of Depth to water level are available. Water data back to 1979 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
451848096363501 n/a
Site name
121N47W06CCCC (Milbank well) n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 451848 n/a
DMS longitude 0963635 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.31329758 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.6100616 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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
Grant County 051
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWSWS06 T121N R47W 5 n/a
Name of location map BIG STONE LAKE SE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1098.90 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .14 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07020001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
19790918 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
Unchecked data. U
Data-other GW files YYNYNYNN n/a
National aquifer Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) N100GLCIAL
Local aquifer Veblen Aquifer 112VBLN
Local aquifer type
Unconfined single aquifer U
Well depth 128 feet n/a
Hole depth
132 feet n/a
Source of depth data D n/a
Project number USGSCRN n/a

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