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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2000-11-14 2012-09-25
Information Water-quality 1984-01-04 2019-05-21
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2000-11-14 2012-09-25
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-11-02 2019-05-21
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2000-11-14 2012-09-25
Microbiological Water-quality 2000-11-14 2012-09-25
Nutrient Water-quality 1988-04-27 2012-09-25
Organics, other Water-quality 2000-11-14 2012-09-25
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1988-04-27 2012-09-25
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1945-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 2000-11-14 2012-09-25
n/a Peak Measurements 1929-03-01 2023-03-02
n/a Site Visits 1945-09-12 2024-09-26
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05458900 is associated with a Stream in Black Hawk County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1929 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05458900 n/a
Site name
West Fork Cedar River at Finchford, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 423745.94 n/a
DMS longitude 0923236.68 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.62942778 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.5435222 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
Black Hawk County 013
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWSES06 T090N R14W 5 n/a
Name of location map Shell Rock n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 867.06 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
07080204
Drainage basin
06 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 194510 n/a
Drainage area
846 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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