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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2008-09-19 2008-09-19
Information Water-quality 2008-09-16 2008-09-19
Nutrient Water-quality 2008-09-16 2008-09-19
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05451205 is associated with a Stream in Hardin County, Iowa. Water data back to 2008 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05451205 n/a
Site name
S Fork Iowa Riv abv R Avenue nr New Providence, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 421901.4 n/a
DMS longitude 0930916.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.31705556 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.1546667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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 SESENES27 T87N R20W 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 Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07060006
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 20070713 n/a
Drainage area
223.5 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 8591CRN00 n/a