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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-02-11 2022-07-05
Information Water-quality 1953-01-29 2024-03-04
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1956-06-18 2023-12-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1956-06-18 2024-03-04
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-12-10 2023-12-04
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1956-06-18 2023-12-04
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-11-12 2001-05-09
Nutrient Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1956-06-18 2023-12-04
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2019-07-22 2019-07-22
Organics, other Water-quality 1975-03-25 2023-12-04
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1991-04-02 2023-12-04
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1873-06-02 2024-12-04
Population/Community Water-quality 1974-11-12 1981-08-31
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1953-01-29 2007-07-16
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1967-04-11 2023-07-31
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2014-07-09 2016-04-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1874-05-17 2022-04-25
n/a Site Visits 1938-09-28 2024-09-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05420500 is associated with a Stream in Clinton County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1873 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
USGS
Site identification number
n/a
Site name
n/a
Site type
ST
DMS latitude n/a
DMS longitude n/a
Decimal latitude n/a
Decimal longitude n/a
Latitude-longitude method
M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
F
Latitude-longitude datum
NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum NAD83
District
19
State
19
County
045
Country n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined X
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080101
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
C
Flags for instruments at site n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files 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 n/a

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