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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1995-09-22 2004-08-10
Information Water-quality 1983-03-28 2012-08-13
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1983-03-28 2004-10-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-03-22 2010-10-26
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1983-03-28 1996-09-11
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1983-03-28 2004-10-04
Microbiological Water-quality 1983-03-28 2001-09-06
Nutrient Water-quality 1983-03-28 2012-08-13
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1995-09-22 1996-09-11
Organics, other Water-quality 1983-03-28 2010-07-26
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1985-05-22 2004-10-04
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1940-10-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1995-09-22 1996-09-11
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1957-10-01 2010-07-26
n/a Peak Measurements 1941-06-05 2023-10-08
n/a Site Visits 1940-10-31 2024-11-05
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05449500 is associated with a Stream in Wright County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1940 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05449500 n/a
Site name
Iowa River near Rowan, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 424535.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0933717.9 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.7599722 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.6216389 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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
Wright County 197
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNENES25 T092N R24W 5 n/a
Name of location map Cornelia n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1143.35 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .07 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080207
Drainage basin
04 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 194010 n/a
Drainage area
429 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 YYNNNNNN 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

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