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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1985-08-21 2007-04-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2001-07-30 2001-08-23
Microbiological Water-quality 1998-08-26 1998-08-26
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 1985-08-21 2009-09-30
Sediment Water-quality 1987-07-16 1987-07-16
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1997-06-17 1997-06-17
n/a Peak Measurements 1986-07-02 2009-03-10
n/a Site Visits 1983-11-01 2009-09-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2009-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05487500 is associated with a Stream in Polk County, Iowa. Water data back to 1983 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05487500 n/a
Site name
Des Moines River near Runnells, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 412919 n/a
DMS longitude 0932017 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.4886016 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.3382647 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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 SENW S12 T077N R22W 5 n/a
Name of location map PLEASANTVILLE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 700.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
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 198509 n/a
Drainage area
11655 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 NYNNNNNN 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