Buffalo Creek South of Prairieburg, IA - 05421682
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Buffalo Creek South of Prairieburg, IA - 05421682
Subscribe to WaterAlert February 28, 2025 - March 7, 2025
Discharge, cubic feet per second
Important Data may be provisional
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
66.6 ft3/s
Approved
Jul 21, 2016
00:00:00 AM CDT
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Statistics for March 7, 2025 based on 6 years of data
Streamflow, ft³/s
low (2013)
6.60 ft3/s
25th percentile
14 ft3/s
median
94 ft3/s
75th percentile
171 ft3/s
mean
110 ft3/s
high (2011)
328 ft3/s
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1 data types available - data from 2010-04-09 to 2016-07-21
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
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Data date range
Discharge, cubic feet per second
2010-04-09 - 2016-07-21
Daily data
1 data types available - data from 2010-04-08 to 2016-07-19
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| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values | 2010-04-08 | 2016-07-21 |
| n/a | Peak Measurements | 2010-07-24 | 2015-06-16 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 1968-07-18 | 2016-07-21 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2011-01-01 | 2016-01-01 |
Monitoring location 05421682 is associated with a Stream in Linn County, Iowa. Water data back to 1968 are available online.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
05421682 | n/a |
|
Site name
|
Buffalo Creek South of Prairieburg, IA | n/a |
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Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 421145.0 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 0912522.0 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 42.1958333 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -91.4227778 | n/a |
|
Latitude-longitude method
|
Interpolated from Digital MAP. | N |
|
Latitude-longitude accuracy
|
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). | 1 |
|
Latitude-longitude datum
|
North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
| Decimal Latitude-longitude datum | North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
|
District
|
Iowa | 19 |
|
State
|
Iowa | 19 |
|
County
|
Linn County | 113 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | SWSWSWS03 T085N R05W 5 | n/a |
| Name of location map | Prairieburg | n/a |
| Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 828.48 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | Level or other surveyed method. | L |
| Altitude accuracy | .01 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 | NGVD29 |
|
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Upper Wapsipinicon | 07080102 |
|
Drainage basin
|
03 | n/a |
|
Topographic setting
|
Stream channel
|
C |
| Flags for instruments at site | YNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
|
Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
| Date site established or inventoried | 19680718 | n/a |
|
Drainage area
|
189 square miles | n/a |
| Contributing drainage area | n/a | |
| Time Zone abbreviation | CST | n/a |
|
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
|
Y | n/a |
|
Data reliability
|
n/a | |
| Data-other GW files | NNNNNNNN | n/a |
| National aquifer | n/a | |
| Local aquifer | n/a | |
|
Local aquifer type
|
n/a | |
| Well depth | n/a | |
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Hole depth
|
n/a | |
| Source of depth data | n/a | |
| Project number | 461900100 | n/a |