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Available Parameters
00010 Temperature, water(Mean)  
00010 Temperature, water(Mean)  
00045 Precipitation(Max.,Sum) [not accurate when freezing]  
62611 Elevation, GW, NAVD88(Mean)  
72019 Water level, depth LSD(Min.,Mean,Med.,Max.)  

Water year 2025: 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
444447095293501 US CM3 115N39W24CDDCBD Upper Sioux 0000607196
Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
Glacial Buried Sand and/or Gravel
LOCATION - Lat 44°44'44.36", long 95°29'35.32" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.19, T.115 N., R.38 W., Yellow Medicine County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 07020004, 5.2 miles SE of Granite Falls, Minnesota. The land surface at the site is 1009.25 plus-or-minus 0.05 feet above sea level, North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
REVISIONS HISTORY - Missing WL data were discovered on 17 Jan. 2018 during Nov. 2015 - Jul. 2016. These WL data did not transfer correctly during the ADAPS to Aquarius software migration. These data were re-loaded into the WL record and help to fill in some small gaps. Also, during the same period, several slightly inaccurate estimated WL daily-average values were deleted from the record.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 120 ft. Upper casing diameter 8 in; top of first opening 86 ft, bottom of last opening 100 ft. The hole for well US-CM3 was drilled with a hydraulic rotary drill-rig on May 13, 1998 to a depth of 120 feet. The well is constructed of a 14-feet-long, 8-inch-diameter, stainless-steel, 0.010-inch slotted, welded to about 90 feet of 8-inch-diameter, steel casing. The casing stickup was 1.64 feet above land surface on Mar. 16, 2010. The open interval of the well is 86 - 100 feet below land surface and the total well depth is 120 feet.

The casing had a stick-up of 2.61 feet above land surface on Jul. 19, 2005. The casing stickup was measured at 1.55 feet above land surface on Nov. 03, 2009 because the land around the well was bulldozed flat. This change in land-surface elevation was arbitrarily applied to the depth-below-land-surface hydrograph on July 01, 2008 at 00:00 CDT.

This well was periodically pumped by Upper Sioux Community during 20 Jul. 2005 to 06 April 2017. The pump was permanently removed from this production well on 07 April 2017.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 1,009.25 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Notch on steel well casing, on NE side of the well, 1.64 ft above land-surface datum, Mar. 16, 2010 to Jul. 25, 2017; Black mark on top of aluminum locking ring, attached on top of 8-inch steel well casing, 1.67 ft above land-surface datum, Jul. 25, 2017 to present. The land around the well was regraded and generally raised about 1 July 2008. This change accounts for the jump in water level at 01:00 CDT on that date. No corresponding change in water elevation occurred because the water elevation did not change at that time.
PERIOD OF RECORD -

Hourly water levels were recorded from 20 July 2005 at 12:00 CDT to 02 November 2020 at 10:00 CST with a pressure transducer and data logger, except during the following:

Jan. 24, 2006 at 06:00 CDT - Jan. 30, 2006 at 05:00 CDT: due to station failure. 
Aug. 13, 2006 at 05:00 CDT - Aug. 14, 2006 at 04:00 CDT: due to station failure. 
Oct. 25, 2006 at 07:00 CDT - Oct. 26, 2006 at 06:00 CDT: due to station failure. 
24-25 Oct. 2015, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
04 Nov. 2015 - 01 Dec. 2015, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
05 Dec. 2016 - 31 Jan. 2015, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
05 Feb. 2016 - 06 Mar. 2016, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
10-12 Mar. 2016, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
01-04 Apr. 2016, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
08 Jul. 2016 - 14 Aug. 2016, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
18 Aug. 2016 - 02 May 2017, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure.
04 Nov. 2019 at 15:00 CST - 12 Dec. 2019 at 00:00 CST: due to datalogger overwriting, which was caused by site access agreement issue.

When possible, the missing daily-average water levels (above) were estimated based on the trend of the hydrograph during these periods through 1 July 2016.

GAGE -

Water level and water temperature were measured with a WaterLOG H-3123, 0-15 psi, submersible pressure transducer nominally accurate to 0.01 feet and 0.1°C, respectively. Water level, water temperature, precipitation, shelter temperature, and battery voltage were all recorded by a Campbell Scientific, Inc. CR206 (SN: 4094) (512K memory) data logger, which records all data hourly. The data logger is housed in a 12-inch X 14-inch grey fiberglass shelter attached an antenna mast. The gage is powered by a 10W solar panel and is telemetered by radio to a cellular modem at the top of the water tower (base station). Cellular telemetry was discontinued at the water tower base station on 12 Nov. 2019. 

A Texas Electronics TRP-525I tipping-bucket raingage was added to the station on Jul. 20, 2005 at 12:00 CDT, which measures and records precipitation total hourly. Raingage recording frequency increased to quarter-hourly on Oct. 10, 2012 at 17:00 CDT. Raingage is nominally accurate to 0.01 inches.

The pressure transducer, rain gage, and data logger were removed from the well on 02 Nov. 2020 at 10:50 CST. Data collection for the Upper Sioux Community study have concluded and all data logging equipment have been removed from the site.

COOPERATION - Well US-CM3 was operated (2005-2020) by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Upper Sioux Community.
REMARKS -

NOTE: The pressure transducer failed (short-term and long-term) during 24 Oct. 2015 - 02 May 2017 at 14:00 CDT. The submersible pump was permanently removed from the US-CM3 well on 07 April 2017 and the pressure transducer was replaced on 02 May 2017 at 15:00 CDT; recording accurate water level and water temperature once again.

NOTE: This well was periodically pumped by Upper Sioux Community during 20 Jul. 2005 to 06 April 2017. The pump was permanently removed from this production well on 07 April 2017.

NOTE: This well periodically shows signs of nearby pumping in the same aquifer. The pumping does not follow seasonal patterns or last for consistent lengths of time. Effects of nearby pumping are noticeable in this water level record during years 2011, 2014-2015, and 2017-2019.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -

Precipitation were recorded hourly during Jul. 20, 2005 at 12:00 CDT to Apr. 07, 2014 at 23:00 CDT. Precipitation is recorded quarter-hourly from Apr. 08, 2014 at 00:15 CDT to 02 November 2020 at 10:45 CST, except during the following periods.

Jan. 24, 2006 at 06:00 CDT - Jan. 30, 2006 at 05:00 CDT: due to station failure. 
Aug. 13, 2006 at 05:00 CDT - Aug. 14, 2006 at 04:00 CDT: due to station failure. 
Oct. 25, 2006 at 07:00 CDT - Oct. 26, 2006 at 06:00 CDT: due to station failure.
04 Nov. 2019 at 14:30 CST - 11 Dec. 2019 at 18:45 CST: due to datalogger overwriting, which was caused by site access agreement issue.

When possible, missing precipitation daily-sums (above) were accurately estimated through 01 July 2016, based on a precipitation record at the nearby US-O3 site, which is 2.5 miles to the east.

INSTRUMENTATION - Precipitation is measured with a Texas Electronics TRP-525I tipping-bucket rain gage, which is accurate to 0.01 inches. The rain gage is unheated and uncovered during the winter. Thus precipitation data during freezing periods (about December through early April) result from melting of snow during warm periods and do NOT represent actual precipitation.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 120 ft. Upper casing diameter 8 in; top of first opening 86 ft, bottom of last opening 100 ft. The hole for well US-CM3 was drilled with a hydraulic rotary drill-rig on May 13, 1998 to a depth of 120 feet. The well is constructed of a 14-feet-long, 8-inch-diameter, stainless-steel, 0.010-inch slotted, welded to about 90 feet of 8-inch-diameter, steel casing. The casing stickup was 1.64 feet above land surface on Mar. 16, 2010. The open interval of the well is 86 - 100 feet below land surface and the total well depth is 120 feet.

The casing had a stick-up of 2.61 feet above land surface on Jul. 19, 2005. The casing stickup was measured at 1.55 feet above land surface on Nov. 03, 2009 because the land around the well was bulldozed flat. This change in land-surface elevation was arbitrarily applied to the depth-below-land-surface hydrograph on July 01, 2008 at 00:00 CDT.

This well was periodically pumped by Upper Sioux Community during 20 Jul. 2005 to 06 April 2017. The pump was permanently removed from this production well on 07 April 2017.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 1,009.25 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Notch on steel well casing, on NE side of the well, 1.64 ft above land-surface datum, Mar. 16, 2010 to Jul. 25, 2017; Black mark on top of aluminum locking ring, attached on top of 8-inch steel well casing, 1.67 ft above land-surface datum, Jul. 25, 2017 to present. The land around the well was regraded and generally raised about 1 July 2008. This change accounts for the jump in water level at 01:00 CDT on that date. No corresponding change in water elevation occurred because the water elevation did not change at that time.
PERIOD OF RECORD - Hourly water temperature is recorded from 20 July 2005 at 12:00 CDT to 02 November 2020 at 10:00 CST, except during the following periods:

Jan. 24, 2006 at 06:00 CDT - Jan. 30, 2006 at 05:00 CDT: due to station failure. 
Aug. 13, 2006 at 05:00 CDT - Aug. 14, 2006 at 04:00 CDT: due to station failure. 
Oct. 25, 2006 at 07:00 CDT - Oct. 26, 2006 at 06:00 CDT: due to station failure. 
24-25 Oct. 2015, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
04 Nov. 2015 - 01 Dec. 2015, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
05 Dec. 2016 - 31 Jan. 2015, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
05 Feb. 2016 - 06 Mar. 2016, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
10-12 Mar. 2016, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
01-04 Apr. 2016, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
10 Jul. 2016 - 14 Aug. 2016, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
18 Aug. 2016 - 02 May 2017, intermittent gaps: due to sporadic or prolonged transducer failure. 
04 Nov. 2019 at 15:00 CST - 12 Dec. 2019 at 00:00 CST: due to datalogger overwriting, which was caused by site access agreement issue.

When possible, the missing daily-average water temperatures (above) were estimated based on the trend of the thermograph during these periods through 1 July 2016.
COOPERATION - Well US-CM3 was operated (2005-2020) by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Upper Sioux Community.
INSTRUMENTATION -

Water temperatures were measured with a WaterLOG H-3123 submersible pressure transducer during 02 May 2017 at 15:00 CDT to 02 November 2020 at 10:00 CST, which are accurate to plus-or-minus 0.1°C. Differences in temperature are also accurate to 0.1°C.

Water temperature were measured with a Design Analysis H-310 submersible pressure transducer during 20 Jul. 2005 at 12:00 CDT to 17 Aug. 2016 at 23:00 CDT, which were estimated to be accurate to plus-or-minus 0.1°C. Differences in temperature are accurate to 0.1°C. Water temperatures were uncalibrated for fear of hooking the calibration thermistor on the submersible pump and losing it down the well. However, this entire period-of-record was corrected by +0.8°C on 17 Jan. 2018 to match the thermograph of the newly calibrated WaterLog H-3123 pressure transducer thermistor, which was deployed on 02 May 2017.

REMARKS -

NOTE: The pressure transducer failed (short-term and long-term) during 24 Oct. 2015 - 02 May 2017 at 14:00 CDT. The submersible pump was permanently removed from the US-CM3 well on 07 April 2017 and the pressure transducer was replaced on 02 May 2017 at 15:00 CDT; recording accurate water level and water temperature once again.

NOTE: Water temperatures values during 20 Jul. 2005 at 12:00 CDT to 17 Aug. 2016 at 23:00 CDT, which were estimated to be accurate to plus-or-minus 0.1°C. Differences in temperature are accurate to 0.1°C. Water temperatures were uncalibrated for fear of hooking the calibration thermistor on the submersible pump and losing it down the well. However, all previously published water temperature data during 20 Jul. 2005 at 12:00 CDT to 17 Aug. 2016 at 23:00 CDT was corrected by +0.8°C on 17 Jan. 2018 to match the thermograph of the newly calibrated WaterLog H-3123 pressure transducer thermistor, which was deployed on 02 May 2017.