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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1970-04-24 2024-12-03
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05482315 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Sac County, Iowa. Current conditions of Gage height 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
05482315 n/a
Site name
Black Hawk Lake at Lake View, IA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 421814 n/a
DMS longitude 0950229 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.30388889 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.0413889 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Sac County 161
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWNES33 T087N R36W 5 n/a
Name of location map Lake View n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1213.86 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .05 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 YNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 197004 n/a
Drainage area
23.3 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 YYNNNNNN 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

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