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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1991-10-03 1992-08-11
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1932-10-01 1992-08-11
n/a Peak Measurements 1916-06-01 1942-06-30
n/a Site Visits 1933-07-18 1948-04-27
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05412000 is associated with a Stream in Clayton County, Iowa. Water data back to 1916 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05412000 n/a
Site name
Turkey River at Elkader, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 425117 n/a
DMS longitude 0912413 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.85470727 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.4037491 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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 S23 T093N R05W 5 n/a
Name of location map ELKADER n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 701.61 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07060004
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 193210 n/a
Drainage area
891 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