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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1983-10-13 2012-08-21
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1944-10-01 1945-09-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1944-10-01 2010-08-03
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1944-10-01 1945-09-21
Nutrient Water-quality 1944-10-01 2012-08-21
Organics, other Water-quality 2008-06-13 2010-08-03
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2008-06-13 2008-06-13
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1940-04-01 2024-11-18
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1944-06-17 2010-08-03
n/a Peak Measurements 1903-05-31 2024-05-22
n/a Site Visits 1938-09-17 2024-10-15
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05485500 is associated with a Stream in Polk County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1903 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05485500 n/a
Site name
Des Moines River blw Raccoon Riv at Des Moines, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413442.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0933620.2 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.5785833 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.6056111 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 SWSWNES10 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 762.32 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
07100008
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 194004 n/a
Drainage area
9879 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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