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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-10-10 2010-10-20
Information Water-quality 1946-03-14 2010-10-20
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1960-10-10 1994-09-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-10-10 2010-10-20
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-10-10 2005-11-15
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1960-10-10 2005-11-15
Microbiological Water-quality 1970-10-19 2010-10-20
Nutrient Water-quality 1960-10-10 2010-10-20
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1972-01-12 1981-11-17
Organics, other Water-quality 1966-08-08 2010-10-20
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1972-01-12 2010-10-20
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1928-10-01 2024-12-03
Population/Community Water-quality 1974-10-10 1981-09-29
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-02-26 2005-11-15
Sediment Water-quality 1946-03-14 2010-10-20
n/a Peak Measurements 1929-03-15 2023-04-14
n/a Site Visits 1928-10-01 2024-11-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06485500 is associated with a Stream in Plymouth County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1928 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06485500 n/a
Site name
BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 425015.1 n/a
DMS longitude 0963341.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.8375091 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.5619306 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 min. M
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
South Dakota 46
State
Iowa 19
County
Plymouth County 149
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSESWS30 T93N R48W 5 n/a
Name of location map AKRON n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1119.53 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10170203
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
7879 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 6995 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
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 8648-9R200 n/a

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