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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2000-11-13 2012-09-25
Information Water-quality 2000-11-13 2012-09-25
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2000-11-13 2012-09-25
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2000-11-13 2012-09-25
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2000-11-13 2012-09-25
Microbiological Water-quality 2000-11-13 2012-09-25
Nutrient Water-quality 2000-11-13 2012-09-25
Organics, other Water-quality 2000-11-13 2012-09-25
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2000-11-13 2012-09-25
Physical Water-quality 2000-11-13 2012-09-25
Sediment Water-quality 2000-11-13 2012-09-25
n/a Site Visits 1964-07-29 2012-09-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2011-01-01 2012-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05457470 is associated with a Stream in Mitchell County, Iowa. Water data back to 1964 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05457470 n/a
Site name
Cedar River at Saint Ansgar, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 432217.4 n/a
DMS longitude 0925609.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.37146716 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.9361684 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 min. M
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
Mitchell County 131
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENENWS26 T099N R18W 5 n/a
Name of location map Osage 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
07080201
Drainage basin
05 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 19640729 n/a
Drainage area
804 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 461900100 n/a