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PEMBINA RIVER AT WALHALLA, ND (USGS-05099600) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS North Dakota Water Science Center (identifier USGS-ND), has the name "PEMBINA RIVER AT WALHALLA, ND" and has the identifier USGS-05099600. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09020316. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 3350 sq mi.

This site is located in Pembina County County, North Dakota at 48.91332840000000 degrees latitude and -97.9170369000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is 3 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 934.34 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .13 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05099600" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1979 - 1981
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria, Periphyton 1979 - 1981
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1979 - 1981
Biological, Counts 1979 - 1981
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1979 - 1981
Information 1963 - 1994
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1962 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1962 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1962 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1962 - 2012
Microbiological 1976 - 1981
Nutrient 1962 - 1995
Organics, Other 1976 - 1995
Organics, PCBs 1976 - 1981
Organics, Pesticide 1976 - 1994
Physical 1962 - 2012
Radiochemical 1981 - 1982
Sediment 1963 - 1995
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-ND
OrganizationFormalName USGS North Dakota Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-05099600
MonitoringLocationName PEMBINA RIVER AT WALHALLA, ND
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 09020316
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 3350
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 48.91332840000000
LongitudeMeasure -97.9170369000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 3
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 934.34
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .13
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 38
CountyCode 067
ProviderName NWIS