Raccoon River near West Des Moines, IA - 05484600
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Raccoon River near West Des Moines, IA - 05484600
Subscribe to WaterAlert February 25, 2025 - March 4, 2025
Gage height, feet
27.00 ft - Mar 04, 2025 09:45:00 PM CST
Important Data may be provisional
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
27.00 ft
Provisional
Mar 04, 2025
21:45:00 PM CST
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27.00 ft
Provisional
Mar 04, 2025
09:45:00 PM CST
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Statistics for March 4, 2025 based on 24 years of data
Gage height, ft
low (2024)
26.15 ft
25th percentile
27.47 ft
median
28.73 ft
75th percentile
29.72 ft
mean
28.86 ft
high (2008)
33.55 ft
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Learn about the data collection categories Continuous data
2 data types available - data from 2007-10-01 to 2025-03-04
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2007-10-01 - 2025-03-04
Discharge, cubic feet per second
2024-11-04 - 2025-03-04
Daily data
1 data types available - data from 2000-07-19 to 2025-03-03
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Discrete sample data
0 observed properties (data types) available
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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 | 2025-03-04 |
| 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 |
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
|
North Raccoon | 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 |
