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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2022-10-01 2024-12-03
n/a Peak Measurements 1966-07-14 2024-06-22
n/a Site Visits 1967-05-10 2018-06-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05459490 is associated with a Stream in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1966 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05459490 n/a
Site name
Spring Creek near Mason City, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 431248 n/a
DMS longitude 0931238 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.21329319 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.2107594 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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
Cerro Gordo County 033
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESESWS16 T097N R20W 5 n/a
Name of location map Mason City NW 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
07080203
Drainage basin
05 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19651216 n/a
Drainage area
29.3 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 461900600 n/a

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