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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2014-07-29 2020-08-05
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1999-07-16 2020-08-05
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2004-08-17 2020-08-05
Physical Daily Values, Groundwater Levels, Unit Values, Water-quality 1985-08-13 2024-12-21
n/a USGS Active Groundwater Level Network Site 1985-01-01 2021-01-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 473423095053301 is associated with a Well in Beltrami County, Minnesota. Current conditions of Depth to water level, Groundwater level above NAVD 1988, Moisture content, and more are available. Water data back to 1985 are available online.

The sensors used to record soil moisture at these sites measure liquid water. When soil water freezes in the vicinity of the sensors, the sensors record an apparent decrease in soil moisture. This apparent decrease in soil moisture is caused by the sensors’ inability to detect frozen water rather than actual changes in soil water content. At nearby sites, the uppermost sensor (0-30cm), soil moisture values are variably affected by freezing beginning with the onset of soil frost in the fall and continuing through spring thaw. It is difficult to ascertain how much of the soil moisture changes during the fall to spring periods are due to freezing/thawing of soil water versus infiltration of precipitation or thawing snow. At this site, the sensor installed at 150cm has a much more pronounced decrease in soil moisture when soil water freezes, followed by a subsequent sharp increase when soil water thaws.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
USGS
Site identification number
n/a
Site name
n/a
Site type
GW
DMS latitude n/a
DMS longitude n/a
Decimal latitude n/a
Decimal longitude n/a
Latitude-longitude method
S
Latitude-longitude accuracy
H
Latitude-longitude datum
NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum NAD83
District
27
State
27
County
007
Country n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined L
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07010101
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
U
Flags for instruments at site 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 n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
n/a
Data reliability
C
Data-other GW files n/a
National aquifer N100GLCIAL
Local aquifer 112GSSG
Local aquifer type
U
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a