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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1952-10-01 1973-09-30
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1952-11-17 1966-06-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1951-08-05 1972-12-30
n/a Site Visits 1952-11-15 1977-07-14
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05388500 is associated with a Stream in Allamakee County, Iowa. Water data back to 1951 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05388500 n/a
Site name
Paint Creek at Waterville, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 431237 n/a
DMS longitude 0911821 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.2102571 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.3059666 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
Allamakee County 005
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWNWS22 T097N R04W 5 n/a
Name of location map Waterville n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 840 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07060001
Drainage basin
01 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 195210 n/a
Drainage area
42.8 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 461900100 n/a