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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2008-03-04 2010-06-27
Nutrient Water-quality 2008-03-04 2010-06-27
Physical Water-quality 2008-03-04 2010-06-27
Sediment Water-quality 2008-03-04 2010-06-27
n/a Site Visits 2008-03-14 2010-08-11
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05471032 is associated with a Ditch in Polk County, Iowa. Water data back to 2008 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05471032 n/a
Site name
Wetland Inlet Drainage Ditch 52 near Farrar, IA S1 n/a
Site type
Ditch
ST-DCH
DMS latitude 414636.7 n/a
DMS longitude 0932345.2 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.7768611 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.3958889 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
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
Polk County 153
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWSES34 T81N R22W n/a
Name of location map Loring n/a
Scale of location map 24000 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
07080105
Drainage basin
06 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20080313 n/a
Drainage area
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 8591D4Y01 n/a