Skip to main content

Important for you to know:

  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

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