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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2009-03-01 2024-11-21
n/a Site Visits 2009-05-26 2024-04-11
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05480080 is associated with a Stream in Webster County, Iowa. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 2009 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05480080 n/a
Site name
Lizard Creek near Fort Dodge, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 423143.7 n/a
DMS longitude 0941523.98 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.52880556 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.2566611 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
Webster County 187
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNENWS10 T089N R29W 5 n/a
Name of location map Clare n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1016.82 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
07100004
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 20081023 n/a
Drainage area
275 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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