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SPRING CREEK AT OREVILLE, NEAR HILL CITY,SD (USGS-06406700) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS South Dakota Water Science Center (identifier USGS-SD), has the name "SPRING CREEK AT OREVILLE, NEAR HILL CITY,SD" and has the identifier USGS-06406700. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10120109. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 42.2 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 42.2 sq mi.

This site is located in Pennington County County, South Dakota at 43.86623670000000 degrees latitude and -103.6240667000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 minutes. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 5349.70 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Reported method of determination." is 111 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-06406700" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2007 - 2007
Microbiological 2007 - 2007
Nutrient 2007 - 2007
Organics, Other 2007 - 2007
Organics, Pesticide 2007 - 2007
Physical 1998 - 2014
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-SD
OrganizationFormalName USGS South Dakota Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-06406700
MonitoringLocationName SPRING CREEK AT OREVILLE, NEAR HILL CITY,SD
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10120109
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 42.2
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 42.2
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 43.86623670000000
LongitudeMeasure -103.6240667000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode minutes
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5349.70
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 111
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Reported method of determination.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 46
CountyCode 103
ProviderName NWIS