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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2000-05-01 2002-01-22
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2000-05-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2006-05-03 2006-05-03
n/a Site Visits 2000-05-01 2024-10-29
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05484600 is associated with a Stream in Polk County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2000 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05484600 n/a
Site name
Raccoon River near West Des Moines, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413141.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0934654.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.5281111 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.7818611 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
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
Polk County 153
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENESWS30 T078N R25W 5 n/a
Name of location map Commerce n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 782.69 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .13 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07100006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20000605 n/a
Drainage area
3500 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 YNNNNNNN 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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