Des Moines River near Tracy, IA

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Des Moines River near Tracy, IA - 05488500

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March 13, 2025 - March 20, 2025

Gage height, feet

4.56 ft - Mar 20, 2025 07:15:00 AM CDT

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Mar 20, 2025

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-03-20T07:15:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T07:00:00.000-05:00	4.55	Provisional
2025-03-20T06:45:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T06:30:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T06:15:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T06:00:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T05:45:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T05:30:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T05:15:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T05:00:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T04:45:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T04:30:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T04:15:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T04:00:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T03:45:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional
2025-03-20T03:30:00.000-05:00	4.56	Provisional

USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Information	Water-quality	1966-12-13	2008-06-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals	Water-quality	1966-12-13	1967-09-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals	Water-quality	1966-12-13	2008-06-15
Inorganics, Minor, metals	Water-quality	1966-12-13	1967-09-12
Nutrient	Water-quality	1966-12-13	2008-06-15
Organics, other	Water-quality	2008-06-15	2008-06-15
Organics, pesticide	Water-quality	2008-06-15	2008-06-15
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	1920-03-01	2025-03-20
Sediment	Water-quality	1944-05-25	2008-06-15
_n/a	Peak Measurements	1903-05-31	2024-07-31
_n/a	Site Visits	1920-03-23	2025-03-11
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2006-01-01	2024-01-01

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	05488500	_n/a
Site name	Des Moines River near Tracy, IA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	411652.9	_n/a
DMS longitude	0925138.96	_n/a
Decimal latitude	41.2813611	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-92.8608222	_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	Mahaska County	123
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	SENESWS19 T075N R17W 5	_n/a
Name of location map	Leighton	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	670.92 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.18 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Des Moines	07100009
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting	Stream channel	C
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	192003	_n/a
Drainage area	12479 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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