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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2006-05-31 2008-11-03
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2006-12-11 2008-11-03
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2006-05-31 2008-11-03
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2006-12-11 2008-11-03
Nutrient Water-quality 2006-05-31 2008-11-03
Organics, other Water-quality 2006-05-31 2008-11-03
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2006-05-31 2008-11-03
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 2006-05-31 2008-11-03
Sediment Water-quality 2006-12-11 2008-11-03
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2007-07-23 2007-08-20
n/a Site Visits 2006-04-04 2008-10-20
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2007-01-01 2008-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05451070 is associated with a Stream in Hamilton County, Iowa. Water data back to 2006 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05451070 n/a
Site name
South Fork Iowa River Headwaters nr Blairsburg, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 423013.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0933813.1 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.5038611 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.6369722 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
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
Hamilton County 079
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENESES23 T89N R24W n/a
Name of location map Clarion SW n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1202.21 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080207
Drainage basin
04 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 20060419 n/a
Drainage area
2.7 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 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 85919BIOO n/a