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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1983-12-01 2001-10-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1984-05-29 1984-09-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-12-02 1984-10-19
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1984-05-29 1984-09-04
Nutrient Water-quality 1984-04-16 1984-10-19
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1984-05-29 1984-10-19
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1945-10-01 2024-11-23
Sediment Water-quality 1966-09-28 1966-09-28
n/a Peak Measurements 1944-06-16 2023-02-27
n/a Site Visits 1945-09-05 2024-09-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05452000 is associated with a Stream in Tama County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1944 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05452000 n/a
Site name
Salt Creek near Elberon, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 415750.98 n/a
DMS longitude 0921847.67 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.9641611 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.3132417 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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 SESWSWS25 T083N R13W 5 n/a
Name of location map Belle Plaine n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 783.34 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .08 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080208
Drainage basin
04 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 194510 n/a
Drainage area
201 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 NYNNNNNN 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

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