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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2006-07-18 2006-07-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2006-07-18 2006-07-18
Nutrient Water-quality 2006-07-18 2006-07-19
Physical Water-quality 2006-07-18 2006-07-19
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05476581 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Palo Alto County, Iowa. Water data back to 2006 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05476581 n/a
Site name
Silver Lake Core No 2 near Ayrshire, IA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 430207.4 n/a
DMS longitude 0945342.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.03538889 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.8951944 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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
Palo Alto County 147
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Ayrshire 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
07100002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20060705 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 859100102 n/a