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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2009-09-21 2009-09-21
Information Water-quality 1983-12-27 2009-09-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-07-13 2009-09-21
Nutrient Water-quality 2009-09-21 2009-09-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1919-05-24 2024-11-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1918-06-04 2024-05-22
n/a Site Visits 1918-06-04 2024-10-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05470500 is associated with a Stream in Story County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1918 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05470500 n/a
Site name
Ioway Creek at Ames, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 420121.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0933749.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.02255556 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.6305 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
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
Story County 169
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESESWS03 T083N R24W 5 n/a
Name of location map Ames West n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 880.48 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080105
Drainage basin
06 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19190524 n/a
Drainage area
204 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 YYNNNNNN 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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