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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1945-10-01 1947-01-11
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1944-10-23 1947-01-11
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1945-03-01 1947-01-11
Nutrient Water-quality 1944-10-23 1947-01-11
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1903-01-01 1947-01-11
n/a Site Visits 1903-03-17 2004-05-18
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05485000 is associated with a Stream in Polk County, Iowa. Water data back to 1903 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05485000 n/a
Site name
Raccoon River at Des Moines, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413421 n/a
DMS longitude 0933724 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.5724894 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.6235513 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 10 sec. T
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
Polk County 153
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSE S09 T078N R24W 5 n/a
Name of location map DES MOINES SE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 780 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 20 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07100006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19021118 n/a
Drainage area
3628 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