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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1988-06-28 1990-05-29
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1988-06-28 1990-05-29
Nutrient Water-quality 1988-06-28 1990-05-29
Organics, other Water-quality 1988-06-28 1990-05-29
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1989-04-04 1990-05-29
Physical Water-quality 1988-06-28 1990-05-29
n/a Site Visits 1988-06-28 1989-08-17
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05412140 is associated with a Stream in Clayton County, Iowa. Water data back to 1988 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05412140 n/a
Site name
Howard Creek near Farmersburg, IA (HC-2) n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 425648 n/a
DMS longitude 0912223 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.9466513 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.3731924 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 NENE S24 T094N R05W 5 n/a
Name of location map Farmersburg n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 880 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
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 19880628 n/a
Drainage area
17.8 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 461905800 n/a