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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2013-05-23 2013-08-01
Information Water-quality 1994-10-26 2016-08-25
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1997-04-30 2013-07-29
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1997-04-30 2016-08-25
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2013-07-29 2013-07-29
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1997-04-30 2013-07-29
Nutrient Water-quality 1997-03-21 2016-08-25
Organics, other Water-quality 1997-04-30 2013-08-08
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2013-05-09 2013-08-08
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1994-10-01 2016-08-25
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2013-07-29 2013-07-29
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1995-03-20 2013-08-08
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2013-06-06 2013-08-01
n/a Peak Measurements 1995-05-09 2005-05-13
n/a Site Visits 1994-09-14 2005-10-18
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05487550 is associated with a Stream in Jasper County, Iowa. Water data back to 1994 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05487550 n/a
Site name
Walnut Creek near Vandalia, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413213.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0931532.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.53702778 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.2589722 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Jasper County 099
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNWNES27 T078N R21W 5 n/a
Name of location map Runnells n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 785.15 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
09 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 19940817 n/a
Drainage area
20.3 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 461908000 n/a