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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2015-03-17 2017-10-18
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2015-03-17 2017-10-18
Nutrient Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2014-05-23 2018-10-23
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2014-04-09 2020-02-03
Sediment Water-quality 2015-12-15 2015-12-15
n/a Peak Measurements 2014-07-02 2019-03-15
n/a Site Visits 1947-06-14 2018-10-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2014-01-01 2019-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05418720 is associated with a Stream in Jackson County, Iowa. Water data back to 1947 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05418720 n/a
Site name
Maquoketa River near Green Island, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 420949.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0902006.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.1638611 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.3350833 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
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 NENENES23 T085N R05E 5 n/a
Name of location map Green Island SW n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 582.12 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07060006
Drainage basin
02 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 19470614 n/a
Drainage area
1869 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