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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1995-09-20 1996-09-10
Information Water-quality 1983-10-20 2012-08-07
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1974-11-26 1998-09-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-11-29 2012-08-07
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1975-06-24 1996-09-10
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1974-11-26 1998-09-04
Microbiological Water-quality 1985-11-22 2008-06-11
Nutrient Water-quality 1974-11-26 2012-08-07
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1995-09-20 1996-09-10
Organics, other Water-quality 1985-05-23 2010-08-03
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1984-05-29 2008-06-19
Physical Daily Values, Groundwater Levels, Unit Values, Water-quality 1956-10-01 2024-11-23
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1995-09-20 1996-09-10
Sediment Water-quality 1975-03-19 2010-08-03
n/a Peak Measurements 1947-06-16 2023-03-02
n/a Site Visits 1956-12-05 2024-11-15
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05453100 is associated with a Stream in Iowa County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1947 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05453100 n/a
Site name
Iowa River at Marengo, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 414845.8 n/a
DMS longitude 0920352.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.81272566 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.064792 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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
Iowa County 095
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESENES24 T081N R11W 5 n/a
Name of location map Marengo n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 720.45 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .12 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 195610 n/a
Drainage area
2794 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 NYNNNYNN 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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