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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1995-11-09 1996-05-28
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1995-11-09 2024-12-03
n/a Peak Measurements 2021-09-07 2024-05-21
n/a Site Visits 1967-06-12 2024-10-02
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2021-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05450400 is associated with a Stream in Hardin County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1967 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05450400 n/a
Site name
Iowa River at Steamboat Rock, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 422429.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0930422.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.4081111 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.0729722 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
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
Hardin County 083
Country US n/a
Land net location description NW S28 T088N R19W 5 n/a
Name of location map STEAMBOAT ROCK n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 950.69 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .20 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080207
Drainage basin
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 n/a
Drainage area
735 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

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