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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values 2021-05-17 2024-05-16
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values 2021-05-17 2024-05-16
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2014-05-23 2024-05-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2014-01-01 2020-01-01
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Monitoring location 473426095052447 is associated with an Unsaturated zone in Beltrami County, Minnesota. Current conditions of Carbon dioxide, Moisture content, Oxygen, and more are available. Water data back to 2014 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. For the uppermost sensor (0-30cm) at this site, 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. Sensors installed at 50cm and below have 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
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
473426095052447 n/a
Site name
1402G-00 Bemidji Toxics Research Site n/a
Site type
Unsaturated zone
SB-UZ
DMS latitude 473425.61 n/a
DMS longitude 0950524.31 n/a
Decimal latitude 47.57378056 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.0900861 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .01 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). H
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Minnesota 27
State
Minnesota 27
County
Beltrami County 007
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESESWS02 T147N R35W n/a
Name of location map WILTON, MINN. n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1420.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .03 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07010101
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Flat surface
F
Flags for instruments at site YNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
20140514 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20200204 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files YY n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth 0.00 feet n/a
Hole depth
33.0 feet n/a
Source of depth data S n/a
Project number MN-09500 n/a

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