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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1983-11-04 1991-09-09
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1989-03-27 1989-10-05
Nutrient Water-quality 1989-03-27 1989-10-05
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1989-08-04 1989-10-05
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1977-07-01 1993-01-05
n/a Peak Measurements 1974-05-18 2002-06-05
n/a Site Visits 1913-08-20 1991-11-22
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05418450 is associated with a Stream in Jackson County, Iowa. Water data back to 1913 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05418450 n/a
Site name
North Fork Maquoketa River at Fulton, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 420848 n/a
DMS longitude 0904033 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.14668375 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.6759674 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
Jackson County 097
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENENWS25 T085N R02E 5 n/a
Name of location map FULTON n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 666.19 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
07060006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YYNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 197707 n/a
Drainage area
516 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