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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 1995-09-23 2012-09-25
Information Water-quality 1984-02-02 2012-09-25
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1995-09-23 2012-09-25
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-11-01 2012-09-25
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1995-09-23 1995-09-23
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1995-09-23 2012-09-25
Microbiological Water-quality 2000-11-13 2012-09-25
Nutrient Water-quality 1988-04-26 2012-09-25
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1995-09-23 1995-09-23
Organics, other Water-quality 1995-09-23 2012-09-25
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1988-04-26 2012-09-25
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1964-10-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1995-09-23 1995-09-23
Sediment Water-quality 1995-09-23 2012-09-25
n/a Peak Measurements 1946-09-07 2023-02-28
n/a Site Visits 1945-09-13 2024-09-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05457700 is associated with a Stream in Floyd County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1945 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05457700 n/a
Site name
Cedar River at Charles City, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430343.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0924025.98 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.06219444 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.6738833 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
Floyd County 067
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESENES12 T095N R16W 5 n/a
Name of location map Charles City n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 973.15 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .04 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080201
Drainage basin
05 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 196410 n/a
Drainage area
1054 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 YYNNNNNN 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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