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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1975-06-24 1975-06-24
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1974-11-26 1975-06-24
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-10-24 1975-10-29
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1975-06-24 1975-06-24
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1974-11-26 1975-06-24
Nutrient Water-quality 1974-11-26 1975-06-24
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1966-10-01 1982-09-30
Sediment Water-quality 1971-12-28 1975-06-24
n/a Peak Measurements 1967-03-21 1982-06-16
n/a Site Visits 1964-06-23 1982-10-05
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05464640 is associated with a Stream in Linn County, Iowa. Water data back to 1964 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05464640 n/a
Site name
Prairie Creek at Fairfax, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 415522 n/a
DMS longitude 0914702 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.9227803 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.7840689 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
Linn County 113
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSWSES09 T082N R08W 5 n/a
Name of location map Fairfax SE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 737.00 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
07080205
Drainage basin
05 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 196610 n/a
Drainage area
178 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