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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1965-05-06 2007-04-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-12-14 1973-06-29
Nutrient Water-quality 2007-04-02 2007-04-02
Organics, other Water-quality 2007-04-02 2007-04-02
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2007-04-02 2007-04-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1940-03-01 2024-11-12
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1945-04-17 1969-04-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1940-07-31 2023-04-21
n/a Site Visits 1940-03-01 2024-09-10
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05486490 is associated with a Stream in Warren County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1940 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05486490 n/a
Site name
Middle River near Indianola, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 412527.7 n/a
DMS longitude 0933514.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.4243611 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.5873056 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
Warren County 181
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESESWS35 T077N R24W 5 n/a
Name of location map Scotch Ridge n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 775.94 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 YNNNYNYNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 194003 n/a
Drainage area
489.4 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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