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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1970-04-24 2024-11-18
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05482140 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Buena Vista County, Iowa. Current conditions of Gage height and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1970 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05482140 n/a
Site name
Storm Lake at Storm Lake, IA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 423727 n/a
DMS longitude 0951030 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.6241468 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.1752723 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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
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 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1385.25 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .16 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 197004 n/a
Drainage area
28.3 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 461900100 n/a