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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2004-10-26 2004-10-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2004-10-26 2004-10-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2004-10-26 2004-10-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2004-10-26 2004-10-26
Nutrient Water-quality 2004-10-26 2004-10-26
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2004-10-26 2004-10-26
Physical Water-quality 2004-10-26 2004-10-26
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05476680 is associated with a Stream in Palo Alto County, Iowa. Water data back to 2004 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05476680 n/a
Site name
Prairie Creek near Whittemore, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430313 n/a
DMS longitude 0942827 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.0536111 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.4741667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
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 n/a
Name of location map Whittemore 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
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20040719 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 8591AOP00 n/a