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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2016-03-15 2016-09-29
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2016-04-14 2016-04-14
Microbiological Water-quality 2016-03-15 2017-07-26
Nutrient Water-quality 2016-03-15 2016-09-29
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2000-04-27 2021-04-13
n/a Peak Measurements 1967-06-07 2018-10-06
n/a Site Visits 2000-05-04 2020-03-11
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2019-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05464942 is associated with a Stream in Cedar County, Iowa. Water data back to 1967 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05464942 n/a
Site name
Hoover Cr at Hoover Nat Hist Site, West Branch, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 414010.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0912102.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.6695833 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.3506389 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
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 NWNENES07 T079N R04W 5 n/a
Name of location map West Branch n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 704.89 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
07080206
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 20000302 n/a
Drainage area
2.58 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