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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1995-10-03 1996-07-25
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1996-07-25 1996-07-25
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1996-07-25 1996-07-25
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1996-07-25 1996-07-25
Organics, other Water-quality 1996-07-25 1996-07-25
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1996-07-25 1996-07-25
Physical Water-quality 1995-10-03 1996-07-25
n/a Site Visits 1968-10-02 1996-03-19
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05451810 is associated with a Stream in Tama County, Iowa. Water data back to 1968 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05451810 n/a
Site name
Iowa River at Tama, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 415709 n/a
DMS longitude 0923436 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.952492 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.5768587 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
Tama County 171
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSE S34 T083N R15W 5 n/a
Name of location map TAMA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 815 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
07080208
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Flood plain
G
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 1994 n/a
Drainage area
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 461900100 n/a