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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
Nutrient Water-quality 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
Organics, other Water-quality 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
Physical Water-quality 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
Sediment Water-quality 1998-09-10 1998-09-10
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05449600 is associated with a Stream in Wright County, Iowa. Water data back to 1998 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05449600 n/a
Site name
Wheeler Creek near Rowan, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 424203 n/a
DMS longitude 0933328 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.7008069 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.557986 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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
Wright County 197
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENE S16 T091N R23W 5 n/a
Name of location map DOWS WEST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1150 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080207
Drainage basin
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 19980828 n/a
Drainage area
30 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 461907800 n/a