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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2000-10-16 2010-08-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2002-05-14 2010-08-19
Nutrient Water-quality 2010-08-19 2010-08-19
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2002-05-14 2002-10-29
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2000-09-28 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1991-06-15 2023-02-27
n/a Site Visits 2000-09-27 2024-10-29
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05411850 is associated with a Stream in Fayette County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1991 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05411850 n/a
Site name
Turkey River near Eldorado, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430315.16 n/a
DMS longitude 0914832.18 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.0541879 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.8090983 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Fayette County 065
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSESES08 T095N R08W 5 n/a
Name of location map Festina n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 890.26 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .23 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07060004
Drainage basin
02 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 20000922 n/a
Drainage area
641 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

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