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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1983-12-05 2001-09-13
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-10-02 1989-10-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1989-03-27 1989-10-12
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1989-03-28 1989-10-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1951-10-01 2024-12-22
n/a Peak Measurements 1952-04-06 2023-04-21
n/a Site Visits 1951-04-07 2023-04-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05476500 is associated with a Stream in Emmet County, Iowa. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1951 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05476500 n/a
Site name
Des Moines River at Estherville, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 432357.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0945045.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.39925 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.846 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
Emmet County 063
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNWNES15 T099N R34W 5 n/a
Name of location map Estherville n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1247.62 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .16 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07100002
Drainage basin
07 n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 195110 n/a
Drainage area
1372 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 YNNNNNNN 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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