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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1992-04-30 2001-10-31
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1992-04-30 1993-08-30
Nutrient Water-quality 1992-04-30 1993-08-30
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1992-04-30 2024-11-21
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1995-12-18 2000-08-15
n/a Peak Measurements 1993-07-12 2024-05-21
n/a Site Visits 1991-04-25 2024-10-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05488110 is associated with a Stream in Marion County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 1991 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05488110 n/a
Site name
Des Moines River near Pella, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 412151 n/a
DMS longitude 0925831.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.36416667 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.9754722 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
Marion County 125
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWSES19 T076N R18W 5 n/a
Name of location map Harvey n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 599.87 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .33 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07100009
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19921023 n/a
Drainage area
12330 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

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