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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Unit Values 2019-06-04 2024-11-21
n/a Site Visits 2011-08-30 2011-08-30
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05387320 is associated with a Stream in Howard County, Iowa. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 2011 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05387320 n/a
Site name
Upper Iowa River at Lime Springs, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 432800.4 n/a
DMS longitude 0921751.1 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.46677778 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.2975278 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
Howard County 089
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWNWS20 T100N R12W 5 n/a
Name of location map Lime Springs NE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1186.15 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07060002
Drainage basin
01 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20110504 n/a
Drainage area
181 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 Y 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 n/a

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