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3 data types available - data from 1992-04-23 to 2026-08-01

1 data types available - data from 1931-04-01 to 2026-07-31

2 data types available - data from 1938-07-08 to 2026-07-14

80 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1960-10-03 to 2017-08-18

69 Sampling activities

1 data types available - data from 1931-04-01 to 2026-07-31

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	05313500	n/a
Location name	YELLOW MEDICINE RIVER NEAR GRANITE FALLS, MN	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	44.71533	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-95.543937	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Global positioning system (GPS), Standard Positioning Service (SPS) or Precise Positioning Service (PPS)	G
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS).	1
District	Minnesota	27
State	Minnesota	27
County	Yellow Medicine County	173
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	984.47 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	0.01 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Hawk-Yellow Medicine	07020004
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	666 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	CST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	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

Monitoring location Yellow Medicine River Near Granite Falls, MN - USGS-05313500