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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2009-03-01 2024-12-26
n/a Peak Measurements 1965-04-01 2023-05-17
n/a Site Visits 2009-09-01 2024-11-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05478265 is associated with a Stream in Kossuth County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1965 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05478265 n/a
Site name
East Fork Des Moines River near Algona, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430457.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0941350 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.08266667 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.2305556 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
Kossuth County 109
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNENES02 T095N R29W 5 n/a
Name of location map Algona n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1098.78 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
07100003
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 20081022 n/a
Drainage area
884 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 Y 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 n/a

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