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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2005-03-08 2005-03-08
Information Water-quality 2003-08-05 2005-03-08
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2003-08-05 2005-03-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2003-08-05 2005-03-08
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2003-08-05 2005-03-08
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2003-08-05 2005-03-08
Microbiological Water-quality 2003-08-05 2003-08-05
Nutrient Water-quality 2003-08-05 2005-03-08
Organics, other Water-quality 2003-08-05 2005-03-08
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2005-03-08 2005-03-08
Physical Water-quality 2003-08-05 2005-03-08
Sediment Water-quality 2003-08-05 2005-03-08
n/a Site Visits 2003-07-30 2006-04-24
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05485608 is associated with a Stream in Polk County, Iowa. Water data back to 2003 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05485608 n/a
Site name
Fourmile Creek 1.8 mi d/s of Outfall nr Ankeny, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 414214.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0933336.2 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.7041272 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.5602717 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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 SWSWSWS29 T080N R23W 5 n/a
Name of location map Des Moines NE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07100008
Drainage basin
07 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 20031002 n/a
Drainage area
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 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 n/a