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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2010-04-16 2017-10-02
n/a Peak Measurements 2011-03-23 2016-10-27
n/a Site Visits 2010-03-17 2017-10-02
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2011-01-01 2018-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05457505 is associated with a Stream in Mitchell County, Iowa. Water data back to 2010 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05457505 n/a
Site name
Cedar River at Osage, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 431700.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0925109.0 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.2834722 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.8525 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
Mitchell County 131
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENENES28 T098N R17W 5 n/a
Name of location map Osage n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1050.97 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080201
Drainage basin
05 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20100317 n/a
Drainage area
839 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 Y 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 n/a