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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1999-05-17 2019-07-30
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2019-06-03 2019-06-03
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2019-07-30 2019-07-30
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1999-05-17 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1965-09-21 2023-03-31
n/a Site Visits 1965-09-21 2019-06-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05489490 is associated with a Stream in Wapello County, Iowa. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1965 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05489490 n/a
Site name
Bear Creek at Ottumwa, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 410052 n/a
DMS longitude 0922744 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.01445839 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.4624087 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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 SENWNWS27 T072N R14W 5 n/a
Name of location map Ottumwa North SW n/a
Scale of location map 24000 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
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19651220 n/a
Drainage area
22.90 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 461900600 n/a

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