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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-09-02 1973-09-05
Physical Water-quality 1970-07-07 1976-09-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1950-09-21 1956-09-05
n/a Site Visits 1949-09-14 1976-09-08
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05451250 is associated with a Stream in Hardin County, Iowa. Water data back to 1949 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05451250 n/a
Site name
Beaver Creek near Eldora, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 422046.8 n/a
DMS longitude 0930739.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.3463333 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.1277222 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Hardin County 083
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWNES13 T87N R20W 5 n/a
Name of location map New Providence n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
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 n/a
Drainage area
69.40 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 n/a