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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2010-08-26 2010-08-26
Information Water-quality 2010-08-17 2010-08-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1969-09-23 2010-08-17
Nutrient Water-quality 2010-08-17 2010-08-17
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1934-10-01 2024-12-03
n/a Peak Measurements 1935-03-04 2023-02-27
n/a Site Visits 1934-10-16 2024-10-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05389000 is associated with a Stream in Allamakee County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1934 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05389000 n/a
Site name
Yellow River near Ion, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430642.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0911554.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.11191667 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.2651389 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Allamakee County 005
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSESWS24 T096N R04W 5 n/a
Name of location map Giard n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 660.24 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .15 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07060001
Drainage basin
01 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 1934 n/a
Drainage area
221 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 YNNNNNNN 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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