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SAPPA CREEK NEAR BEAVER CITY, NEBR. (USGS-06845200) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Nebraska Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NE), has the name "SAPPA CREEK NEAR BEAVER CITY, NEBR." and has the identifier USGS-06845200. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10250011. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 1500 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 1350.00 sq mi.

This site is located in Furnas County County, Nebraska at 40.04583999000000 degrees latitude and -99.8904005000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 2154.63 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Level or other surveyed method." is .01 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-06845200" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1948 - 1952
Sediment 1948 - 1952
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NE
OrganizationFormalName USGS Nebraska Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-06845200
MonitoringLocationName SAPPA CREEK NEAR BEAVER CITY, NEBR.
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10250011
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1500
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1350.00
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 40.04583999000000
LongitudeMeasure -99.8904005000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2154.63
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Level or other surveyed method.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 31
CountyCode 065
ProviderName NWIS