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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2019-05-21 2019-05-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2019-05-21 2019-05-21
Physical Water-quality 2019-05-21 2019-05-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1978-07-22 2021-06-27
n/a Site Visits 1941-05-29 2017-08-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2013-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05387490 is associated with a Stream in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Water data back to 1941 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05387490 n/a
Site name
Dry Run Creek near Decorah, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 431729 n/a
DMS longitude 0914833 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.2913611 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.8093215 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Iowa 19
State
Iowa 19
County
Winneshiek County 191
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWSES20 T098N R08W 5 n/a
Name of location map Decorah n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07060002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19590301 n/a
Drainage area
21.0 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
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number 461900600 n/a

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