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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1994-06-09 2012-05-24
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2012-05-24 2012-05-24
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1994-06-09 2024-11-23
n/a Peak Measurements 2012-06-05 2023-04-22
n/a Site Visits 1964-08-11 2024-11-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05476590 is associated with a Stream in Palo Alto County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1964 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05476590 n/a
Site name
Des Moines River at Emmetsburg, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430735.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0944226 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.1264722 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.7072222 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
Palo Alto County 147
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWNES23 T096N R33W 5 n/a
Name of location map Graettinger East n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1196.29 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .13 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07100002
Drainage basin
07 n/a
Topographic setting
Flood plain
G
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19940802 n/a
Drainage area
1672 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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