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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1978-11-13 1981-08-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1978-05-24 1981-08-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-05-24 1981-08-26
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-08-24 1981-08-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-08-24 1981-08-26
Microbiological Water-quality 1978-05-24 1978-11-13
Nutrient Water-quality 1978-05-24 1981-08-26
Organics, other Water-quality 1978-05-24 1979-10-31
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1945-07-24 1981-08-26
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1979-06-21 1981-06-02
Sediment Water-quality 1946-06-20 1981-08-26
n/a Peak Measurements 1946-06-20 1962-06-11
n/a Site Visits 1945-05-18 1981-08-26
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05488000 is associated with a Stream in Marion County, Iowa. Water data back to 1945 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05488000 n/a
Site name
White Breast Creek near Knoxville, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 411925 n/a
DMS longitude 0930859 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.3236069 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.1499274 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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
Marion County 125
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 734.73 feet n/a
Method altitude determined U n/a
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
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
380.00 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 NNNNNNNN 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