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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1997-11-12 2010-08-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-07-13 2010-08-21
Microbiological Water-quality 2008-06-13 2008-06-13
Nutrient Water-quality 2008-06-13 2010-08-21
Organics, other Water-quality 2008-06-13 2008-06-13
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2008-06-13 2008-06-13
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1970-07-13 2024-12-03
Sediment Water-quality 2008-06-13 2008-06-13
n/a Peak Measurements 1973-04-21 2023-05-08
n/a Site Visits 1957-10-02 2024-11-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05473450 is associated with a Stream in Henry County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1957 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05473450 n/a
Site name
Big Creek North of Mount Pleasant, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 410025 n/a
DMS longitude 0913305 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.0069727 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.5515497 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Iowa 19
State
Iowa 19
County
Henry County 087
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENWSES28 T072N R06W 5 n/a
Name of location map Swedesburg n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 642.73 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080107
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 19571002 n/a
Drainage area
58.0 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

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