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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2003-08-06 2003-08-06
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2003-08-06 2003-08-06
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2003-08-06 2003-08-06
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2003-08-06 2003-08-06
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2003-08-06 2003-08-06
Microbiological Water-quality 2003-08-06 2003-08-06
Nutrient Water-quality 2003-08-06 2003-08-06
Organics, other Water-quality 2003-08-06 2003-08-06
Physical Water-quality 2003-08-06 2003-08-06
Sediment Water-quality 2003-08-06 2003-08-06
n/a Site Visits 2003-07-31 2003-08-06
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05485614 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
05485614 n/a
Site name
Fourmile Creek South of Berwick, IA site 6 n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413943.0 n/a
DMS longitude 0933248.0 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.66194444 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.5466667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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 NESWSES08 T079N 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
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