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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2001-02-01 2001-10-31
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2001-02-01 2001-02-01
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1911-08-04 2001-10-31
n/a Site Visits 1912-04-27 1913-10-14
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05479500 is associated with a Stream in Webster County, Iowa. Water data back to 1911 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05479500 n/a
Site name
Des Moines River near Fort Dodge, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 423043 n/a
DMS longitude 0941215 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.51194444 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.2041667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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
Webster County 187
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENWNWS19 T089N R28W 4 n/a
Name of location map Fort Dodge North SW 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
07100004
Drainage basin
07 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 n/a
Drainage area
3753 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 NNNNNNNN 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