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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-09-06 1973-09-26
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1940-03-06 1982-01-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1940-08-26 1981-05-23
n/a Site Visits 1940-03-06 1981-09-22
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05480000 is associated with a Stream in Webster County, Iowa. Water data back to 1940 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05480000 n/a
Site name
Lizard Creek near Clare, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 423243 n/a
DMS longitude 0942047 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.5452503 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.346635 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 1927 NAD27
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 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1079.30 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy .5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07100004
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 n/a
Drainage area
257.00 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 n/a