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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1983-11-15 2019-06-24
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-09-01 2019-06-24
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2012-05-29 2012-05-29
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1955-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1953-06-01 2023-05-13
n/a Site Visits 1955-12-07 2024-11-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06600100 is associated with a Stream in Sioux County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1953 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06600100 n/a
Site name
Floyd River at Alton, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 425858.1 n/a
DMS longitude 0960001.2 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.98280556 n/a
Decimal longitude -96.0003333 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Sioux County 167
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNENES11 T094N R44W 5 n/a
Name of location map Alton n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1270.17 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
10230002
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 195510 n/a
Drainage area
268 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 YYNNNNNN 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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