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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1997-08-13 1998-05-20
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1998-05-20 1998-05-20
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1997-08-13 1998-05-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1998-05-20 1998-05-20
Nutrient Water-quality 1997-08-13 1998-05-20
Organics, other Water-quality 1997-08-13 1998-05-20
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1997-08-13 1998-05-20
Physical Water-quality 1997-08-13 1998-05-20
Sediment Water-quality 1997-08-13 1998-05-20
n/a Site Visits 1997-08-13 1998-05-20
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05473550 is associated with a Stream in Henry County, Iowa. Water data back to 1997 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05473550 n/a
Site name
Big Creek near Lowell, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 405138 n/a
DMS longitude 0912849 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.8605888 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.4804342 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 NESW S18 T070N R05W 5 n/a
Name of location map LOWELL n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 550 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080107
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19970701 n/a
Drainage area
164 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 461907800 n/a