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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1995-07-21 2008-09-19
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2007-06-20 2008-09-15
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-09-02 2008-09-15
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2007-06-20 2008-09-15
Nutrient Water-quality 1995-07-21 2008-09-19
Organics, other Water-quality 2008-09-15 2008-09-15
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1995-07-21 1995-07-21
Physical Water-quality 1970-07-07 2008-09-15
Sediment Water-quality 2008-09-15 2008-09-15
n/a Peak Measurements 1950-09-20 1956-09-05
n/a Site Visits 1957-09-25 2008-09-15
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05451200 is associated with a Stream in Hardin County, Iowa. Water data back to 1950 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05451200 n/a
Site name
South Fork Iowa River near New Providence, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 421925 n/a
DMS longitude 0931008 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.32359474 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.169092 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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
Hardin County 083
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENENWS27 T087N R20W 5 n/a
Name of location map New Providence n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 960 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 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 n/a
Drainage area
223 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