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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2016-03-07 2016-11-30
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2016-03-07 2016-07-06
Microbiological Water-quality 2016-03-07 2017-07-26
Nutrient Water-quality 2016-03-07 2016-11-30
Organics, other Water-quality 2016-04-14 2016-04-14
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2016-04-14 2016-04-14
Physical Water-quality 2016-03-07 2017-04-21
Sediment Water-quality 2016-03-07 2016-11-30
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0546494205 is associated with a Stream in Cedar County, Iowa. Water data back to 2016 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0546494205 n/a
Site name
Hoover Creek near 2nd Street at West Branch, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 414012.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0912040.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.67005556 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.3445278 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map 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
07080206
Drainage basin
05 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20160208 n/a
Drainage area
2.76 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 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