Mississippi River at McGregor, IA - 05389500
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Mississippi River at McGregor, IA - 05389500
Subscribe to WaterAlert April 6, 2025 - April 13, 2025
Gage height, feet [stage-only period of record]
9.92 ft - Apr 13, 2025 09:45:00 AM CDT
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Value
Status
Time
Latest value
9.92 ft
Provisional
Apr 13, 2025
09:45:00 AM CDT
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9.92 ft
Provisional
Apr 13, 2025
09:45:00 AM CDT
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Statistics for April 13, 2025 based on 13 years of data
Gage height, ft
low (2024)
9.09 ft
25th percentile
10.11 ft
median
11.87 ft
75th percentile
14.71 ft
mean
12.62 ft
high (2019)
19.26 ft
Available data
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Learn about the data collection categories Continuous data
3 data types available - data from 1990-07-06 to 2025-04-13
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2007-10-01 - 2013-10-29
Gage height, feet [stage-only period of record]
2013-10-01 - 2025-04-13
Discharge, cubic feet per second
1990-07-06 - 2013-10-29
Daily data
6 data types available - data from 1936-08-15 to 2025-04-12
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0 data types available
Discrete sample data
139 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1946-10-22 to 2011-04-18
243 Sampling activities
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| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information | Water-quality | 1975-08-20 | 2011-04-18 |
| Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 2011-04-18 | 2011-04-18 |
| Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Water-quality | 2011-04-18 | 2011-04-18 |
| Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals | Water-quality | 2011-04-18 | 2011-04-18 |
| Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 2011-04-18 | 2011-04-18 |
| Nutrient | Water-quality | 2011-04-18 | 2011-04-18 |
| Organics, other | Water-quality | 2011-04-18 | 2011-04-18 |
| Organics, pesticide | Water-quality | 2011-04-18 | 2011-04-18 |
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1936-08-15 | 2025-04-13 |
| Sediment | Daily Values, Water-quality | 1946-10-22 | 2004-09-29 |
| n/a | Peak Measurements | 1880-06-22 | 2023-04-27 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 1936-08-20 | 2013-10-29 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2006-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
Monitoring location 05389500 is associated with a Stream in Clayton County, Iowa. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1880 are available online.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
05389500 | n/a |
|
Site name
|
Mississippi River at McGregor, IA | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 430137.3 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 0911021 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 43.02701224 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -91.1726298 | 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
|
Clayton County | 043 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | SENESES22 T095N R03W 5 | n/a |
| Name of location map | Prairie du Chien | n/a |
| Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 604.50 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System | X |
| Altitude accuracy | .12 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
|
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Coon-Yellow | 07060001 |
|
Drainage basin
|
01 | n/a |
|
Topographic setting
|
Stream channel
|
C |
| Flags for instruments at site | YNNNYNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
|
Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
| Date site established or inventoried | 19360815 | n/a |
|
Drainage area
|
67500 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 |
