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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1991-10-23 2012-08-20
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-03-20 1973-09-19
Nutrient Water-quality 2012-08-20 2012-08-20
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1952-10-01 2024-12-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1944-05-19 2024-05-09
n/a Site Visits 1942-05-08 2024-10-02
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05471000 is associated with a Stream in Story County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1942 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05471000 n/a
Site name
South Skunk River below Ioway Creek near Ames, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 420029.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0933545.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.0082222 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.5959722 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 NWNENWS13 T083N R24W 5 n/a
Name of location map Ames East n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 857.86 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .13 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 YNNNYNYNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19420508 n/a
Drainage area
556 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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