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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1968-10-10 2012-09-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-11-03 2012-09-26
Microbiological Water-quality 2010-10-18 2012-09-26
Nutrient Water-quality 1988-07-24 2012-09-26
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1988-07-24 1989-10-18
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1952-04-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 2000-11-15 2012-09-26
n/a Peak Measurements 1952-04-01 2023-02-28
n/a Site Visits 1952-02-19 2024-09-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05463500 is associated with a Stream in Black Hawk County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1952 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05463500 n/a
Site name
Black Hawk Creek at Hudson, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 422427.95 n/a
DMS longitude 0922747.69 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.40776389 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.4632472 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 SESWNES27 T088N R14W 5 n/a
Name of location map Hudson n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 864.96 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
07080205
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 195204 n/a
Drainage area
303 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

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