South Skunk River near Ames, IA

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	05470000	_n/a
Site name	South Skunk River near Ames, IA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	420359.7	_n/a
DMS longitude	0933712.9	_n/a
Decimal latitude	42.0665833	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-93.62025	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 5 sec.	F
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	Story County	169
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	NWSWSWS23 T084N R24W 5	_n/a
Name of location map	Ames East	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	888.73 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.10 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	South Skunk	07080105
Drainage basin	06	_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	19200728	_n/a
Drainage area	315 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	YYNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number	461900100	_n/a

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