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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2013-05-23 2013-08-01
Information Water-quality 2013-05-09 2013-08-07
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2013-07-23 2013-07-23
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2013-05-09 2013-08-07
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2013-07-23 2013-07-23
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2013-05-16 2013-08-07
Nutrient Water-quality 2013-05-09 2013-08-07
Organics, other Water-quality 2013-05-09 2013-08-07
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2013-05-09 2013-08-07
Physical Water-quality 2013-05-09 2013-08-07
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2013-07-23 2013-07-23
Sediment Water-quality 2013-05-09 2013-08-07
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2013-05-30 2013-08-01
n/a Site Visits 2013-04-27 2013-04-27
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05420520 is associated with a Stream in Mitchell County, Iowa. Water data back to 2013 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05420520 n/a
Site name
Wapsipinicon River at McIntire, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 432635.8 n/a
DMS longitude 0923640.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.44327778 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.61125 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
Mitchell County 131
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWSWS27 T100N R15W 5 n/a
Name of location map McIntire NW n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080102
Drainage basin
03 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 20130422 n/a
Drainage area
28.7 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 Y 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