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CLEGHORN SPRING AT MOUTH AT RAPID CITY, SD (USGS-440331103175001) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This stream site, maintained by the USGS South Dakota Water Science Center (identifier USGS-SD), has the name "CLEGHORN SPRING AT MOUTH AT RAPID CITY, SD" and has the identifier USGS-440331103175001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10120110. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Pennington County County, South Dakota at 44.05859889000000 degrees latitude and -103.2976836000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 minutes. This site is at an elevation of 3370 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 NGVD29.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-440331103175001" 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, Photosynthetic Pigments 1992 - 1992
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1992 - 1992
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1988 - 1992
Microbiological 1992 - 1992
Nutrient 1988 - 1992
Physical 1988 - 1992
*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-440331103175001
MonitoringLocationName CLEGHORN SPRING AT MOUTH AT RAPID CITY, SD
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10120110
LatitudeMeasure 44.05859889000000
LongitudeMeasure -103.2976836000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode minutes
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3370
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 111
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Reported method of determination.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 46
CountyCode 103
ProviderName NWIS