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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1992-02-04 1992-02-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-07-14 1975-09-30
Physical Water-quality 1970-07-14 1992-02-04
Sediment Water-quality 1992-02-04 1992-02-04
n/a Site Visits 1957-09-18 1977-07-06
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05489400 is associated with a Stream in Wapello County, Iowa. Water data back to 1957 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05489400 n/a
Site name
South Avery Creek at Chillicothe, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 410500 n/a
DMS longitude 0923200 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.0833453 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.533522 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
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
Wapello County 179
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 n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07100009
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
51.60 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