Middle River near Indianola, IA - 05486490

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April 14, 2025 - April 21, 2025

Gage height, feet

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7.85 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

12:15:00 PM CDT

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7.85 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

12:15:00 PM CDT

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-04-21T12:15:00.000-05:00	7.85	Provisional
2025-04-21T12:00:00.000-05:00	7.85	Provisional
2025-04-21T11:45:00.000-05:00	7.85	Provisional
2025-04-21T11:30:00.000-05:00	7.86	Provisional
2025-04-21T11:15:00.000-05:00	7.86	Provisional
2025-04-21T11:00:00.000-05:00	7.86	Provisional
2025-04-21T10:45:00.000-05:00	7.87	Provisional
2025-04-21T10:30:00.000-05:00	7.87	Provisional
2025-04-21T10:15:00.000-05:00	7.87	Provisional
2025-04-21T10:00:00.000-05:00	7.88	Provisional
2025-04-21T09:45:00.000-05:00	7.89	Provisional
2025-04-21T09:30:00.000-05:00	7.88	Provisional
2025-04-21T09:15:00.000-05:00	7.89	Provisional
2025-04-21T09:00:00.000-05:00	7.89	Provisional
2025-04-21T08:45:00.000-05:00	7.89	Provisional
2025-04-21T08:30:00.000-05:00	7.89	Provisional

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2007-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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Location details and information

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	Lake Red Rock	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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