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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2007-08-01 2012-10-23
Information Water-quality 2006-04-24 2013-08-20
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2006-04-27 2011-09-06
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2006-04-24 2013-08-20
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2006-04-27 2013-08-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2006-04-27 2013-08-20
Microbiological Water-quality 2006-04-27 2013-08-20
Nutrient Water-quality 2006-04-27 2013-08-20
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 2007-07-31 2010-09-08
Organics, other Water-quality 2006-04-27 2013-08-20
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2006-06-07 2013-08-20
Physical Water-quality 2006-04-27 2013-08-20
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2006-04-27 2013-08-20
Sediment Water-quality 2010-09-08 2011-09-06
n/a Site Visits 2006-04-27 2013-07-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2013-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05451750 is associated with a Stream in Tama 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
05451750 n/a
Site name
Iowa River near Montour, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 415907.79 n/a
DMS longitude 0924155.72 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.9854972 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.6988111 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
Tama County 171
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESENWS22 T83N R16W n/a
Name of location map Montour n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 830 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
07080208
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 20060418 n/a
Drainage area
1840 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 8591C4300 n/a