Information on water quality, surface water and ground water in North Dakota.
Water Quality
North Dakota Water Quality Data
- Real-Time Water Quality Data
- Water temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity
- Continuous Water-Quality Estimation, Red River at Fargo/Moorhead
- Alkalinity, dissolved solids, sulfate, chloride, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and suspended sediment concentrations and loads estimated every four hours
- Continuous Water-Quality Estimation, Sheyenne River
- Hardness, dissolved solids, calcium, magnesium, sodium, and sulfate concentrations and loads estimated every four hours.
- Statewide Historic Water-Quality Data
- Field/lab samples, real-time data, and tutorial
National Water Quality Data
- National Water-Quality Assessment
- The NAWQA data warehouse includes chemical concentrations in water, bed sediment, and aquatic organism tissues.
- National Stream Quality Accounting
- The NASQAN program provides ongoing characterization of the concentrations and flux of sediment and chemicals in the Nation's largest rivers.
- Sediment Data Network
- More than 2.6-million values of instantaneous sediment and ancillary data were retrieved for more than 15,000 sites in 2000 and summarized in an online report. Access is also provided to daily sediment data collected by USGS throughout the Nation from 1930 to 1994.
Surface Water
North Dakota Surface Water Data
- Real-Time Surface-Water Data
- Surface-Water Data for North Dakota
- Links to real-time, daily, peak-flow data, statistics, and field measurements.
- Floodtracking
- Drought Watch
- Discontinued Surface-Water Stations
- Red River of the North Basin (fix link to new page)
- Missouri River Basin (fix link to new page)
- Discontinued Water-Quality Stations
- Red River of the North Basin (fix link to new page)
- Missouri River Basin (fix link to new page)
National Suface Water Data
- The USGS has a distributed water database that is locally managed. Surface-water, ground-water, and water-quality data are rolled up from these local, distributed databases into a national information system. The database contains records from about 50,000 surface-water sites and 850,000 wells that have been compiled during the course of hydrologic studies over the past 100 years, including over 4.4 million water-quality analyses. Data are served via the Internet through NWISWeb, the National Water Information System Web Interface. NWISWeb provides all USGS water data that are approved for public release. This large number of sites is excellent for some uses, but complicates retrivals when the user is interested in specific networks or applications. Several specialized products are available to supplement data provided through NWISWeb and to facilitate data discovery.
Ground Water
North Dakota Ground Water Data
National Ground Water Data
- Active Water-Level Network
- The Active Ground-Water Level Network contains water levels and well information from more than 20,000 wells that have been measured by the USGS or USGS cooperators at least once within the past 365 days.
- Climate Response Network
- The USGS maintains a network of wells to monitor the effects of droughts and other climate variability on ground-water levels.
- Real-Time Ground-Water Level Network
- The Real Time Ground-Water Level Network contains water levels and well information from about 1,000 wells that have "real time" instrumentation at the well. Real-time ground-water data are continuous data that are transmitted from the well to the USGS by satellite or telephone at least once per day.
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Statewide Historic Water-Quality Data
Field/lab samples, real-time data, and tutorial
North Dakota Surface Water Data
Real-time, daily, peak-flow, field measurements, and statistics of current and historical data that describe stream levels, streamflow (discharge), reservoir and lake levels, surface-water quality, and rainfall in Wisconsin. Surface-water data are collected and stored as either discrete field-water-level measurements or as continuous time-series data from automated recorders.
North Dakota Water Quality Data
At selected surface-water and groundwater sites, the USGS maintains instruments that continuously record physical and chemical characteristics of the water including pH, specific conductance, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and percent dissolved-oxygen saturation. Supporting data such as air temperature and barometric pressure are also available at some sites.
North Dakota Ground Water Data
Data from wells, springs, test holes, tunnels, drains, and excavations in North Dakota; well location data includes information such as latitude and longitude, well depth, and aquifer. Groundwater level data are collected and stored as either discrete field-water-level measurements or as continuous time-series data from automated recorders.
Drought Watch
Where in the Nation are droughts or very low flows occurring now? How can I see these sites on a map and get to the data?
Flood Watch
Maps of flood and high flow conditions within the U.S.
Information on water quality, surface water and ground water in North Dakota.
Water Quality
North Dakota Water Quality Data
- Real-Time Water Quality Data
- Water temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity
- Continuous Water-Quality Estimation, Red River at Fargo/Moorhead
- Alkalinity, dissolved solids, sulfate, chloride, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and suspended sediment concentrations and loads estimated every four hours
- Continuous Water-Quality Estimation, Sheyenne River
- Hardness, dissolved solids, calcium, magnesium, sodium, and sulfate concentrations and loads estimated every four hours.
- Statewide Historic Water-Quality Data
- Field/lab samples, real-time data, and tutorial
National Water Quality Data
- National Water-Quality Assessment
- The NAWQA data warehouse includes chemical concentrations in water, bed sediment, and aquatic organism tissues.
- National Stream Quality Accounting
- The NASQAN program provides ongoing characterization of the concentrations and flux of sediment and chemicals in the Nation's largest rivers.
- Sediment Data Network
- More than 2.6-million values of instantaneous sediment and ancillary data were retrieved for more than 15,000 sites in 2000 and summarized in an online report. Access is also provided to daily sediment data collected by USGS throughout the Nation from 1930 to 1994.
Surface Water
North Dakota Surface Water Data
- Real-Time Surface-Water Data
- Surface-Water Data for North Dakota
- Links to real-time, daily, peak-flow data, statistics, and field measurements.
- Floodtracking
- Drought Watch
- Discontinued Surface-Water Stations
- Red River of the North Basin (fix link to new page)
- Missouri River Basin (fix link to new page)
- Discontinued Water-Quality Stations
- Red River of the North Basin (fix link to new page)
- Missouri River Basin (fix link to new page)
National Suface Water Data
- The USGS has a distributed water database that is locally managed. Surface-water, ground-water, and water-quality data are rolled up from these local, distributed databases into a national information system. The database contains records from about 50,000 surface-water sites and 850,000 wells that have been compiled during the course of hydrologic studies over the past 100 years, including over 4.4 million water-quality analyses. Data are served via the Internet through NWISWeb, the National Water Information System Web Interface. NWISWeb provides all USGS water data that are approved for public release. This large number of sites is excellent for some uses, but complicates retrivals when the user is interested in specific networks or applications. Several specialized products are available to supplement data provided through NWISWeb and to facilitate data discovery.
Ground Water
North Dakota Ground Water Data
National Ground Water Data
- Active Water-Level Network
- The Active Ground-Water Level Network contains water levels and well information from more than 20,000 wells that have been measured by the USGS or USGS cooperators at least once within the past 365 days.
- Climate Response Network
- The USGS maintains a network of wells to monitor the effects of droughts and other climate variability on ground-water levels.
- Real-Time Ground-Water Level Network
- The Real Time Ground-Water Level Network contains water levels and well information from about 1,000 wells that have "real time" instrumentation at the well. Real-time ground-water data are continuous data that are transmitted from the well to the USGS by satellite or telephone at least once per day.
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Statewide Historic Water-Quality Data
Field/lab samples, real-time data, and tutorial
North Dakota Surface Water Data
Real-time, daily, peak-flow, field measurements, and statistics of current and historical data that describe stream levels, streamflow (discharge), reservoir and lake levels, surface-water quality, and rainfall in Wisconsin. Surface-water data are collected and stored as either discrete field-water-level measurements or as continuous time-series data from automated recorders.
North Dakota Water Quality Data
At selected surface-water and groundwater sites, the USGS maintains instruments that continuously record physical and chemical characteristics of the water including pH, specific conductance, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and percent dissolved-oxygen saturation. Supporting data such as air temperature and barometric pressure are also available at some sites.
North Dakota Ground Water Data
Data from wells, springs, test holes, tunnels, drains, and excavations in North Dakota; well location data includes information such as latitude and longitude, well depth, and aquifer. Groundwater level data are collected and stored as either discrete field-water-level measurements or as continuous time-series data from automated recorders.
Drought Watch
Where in the Nation are droughts or very low flows occurring now? How can I see these sites on a map and get to the data?
Flood Watch
Maps of flood and high flow conditions within the U.S.