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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2016-04-14 2019-07-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2016-04-14 2016-04-14
Microbiological Water-quality 2016-04-14 2017-07-06
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2019-06-11 2019-07-08
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2015-05-07 2024-11-23
n/a Peak Measurements 2016-08-12 2022-07-08
n/a Site Visits 2015-06-12 2024-10-10
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2015-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0546494170 is associated with a Stream in Cedar County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2015 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0546494170 n/a
Site name
WB Wapsinonoc Cr at College St at West Branch, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 414024.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0912037.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.6735833 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.3436944 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
Cedar County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESWSWS05 T079N R04W 5 n/a
Name of location map West Branch SW n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 699.15 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .34 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080206
Drainage basin
05 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20150420 n/a
Drainage area
4.60 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 Y 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 n/a

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