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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2001-04-12 2002-01-29
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2001-04-12 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1962-03-29 2023-04-13
n/a Site Visits 2001-04-12 2024-11-05
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06483290 is associated with a Stream in Lyon County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1962 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06483290 n/a
Site name
Rock River below Tom Creek at Rock Rapids, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 432523.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0960953.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.42313889 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.1649167 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
Lyon County 119
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNWSES04 T099N R45W 5 n/a
Name of location map Rock Rapids n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1308.76 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .22 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10170204
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20010423 n/a
Drainage area
853 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 YNNNNNNN 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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