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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2006-03-28 2006-03-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2006-03-28 2006-03-28
Nutrient Water-quality 2006-03-28 2006-03-28
Physical Water-quality 2006-03-28 2006-03-28
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0548213902 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Buena Vista County, Iowa. Water data back to 2006 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0548213902 n/a
Site name
Little Storm Lake No 2 at Storm Lake, IA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 423833.59 n/a
DMS longitude 0951414.23 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.64266389 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.2372861 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
Buena Vista County 021
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSE S11 T090N R37W 5 n/a
Name of location map Lakeside n/a
Scale of location map 2400 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1404 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07100006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20060306 n/a
Drainage area
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 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 859100105 n/a