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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2013-03-10 2014-10-06
Nutrient Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2013-03-10 2014-10-06
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2013-02-08 2014-10-06
n/a Peak Measurements 2013-05-27 2014-06-30
n/a Site Visits 2013-03-12 2014-09-15
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2014-01-01 2015-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05480603 is associated with a Stream in Webster County, Iowa. Water data back to 2013 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05480603 n/a
Site name
Prairie Creek at Otho, IA (S3) n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 422439.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0940828.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.41088889 n/a
Decimal longitude -94.1413056 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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 NENWNWS29 T088N R28W 5 n/a
Name of location map Fort Dodge South SE 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 YNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20121015 n/a
Drainage area
28.0 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