Spirit Lake near Orleans, IA - 06604000
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Spirit Lake near Orleans, IA - 06604000
Subscribe to WaterAlert April 9, 2025 - April 16, 2025
Gage height, feet
13.60 ft - Apr 16, 2025 12:15:00 PM CDT
Important Data may be provisional
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
13.60 ft
Provisional
Apr 16, 2025
12:15:00 PM CDT
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13.60 ft
Provisional
Apr 16, 2025
12:15:00 PM CDT
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Statistics for April 16, 2025 based on 63 years of data
Gage height, ft
low (1937)
7.58 ft
25th percentile
12.96 ft
median
14.05 ft
75th percentile
14.69 ft
mean
13.65 ft
high (2006)
15.49 ft
Available data
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Learn about the data collection categories Continuous data
2 data types available - data from 2007-10-01 to 2025-04-16
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2007-10-01 - 2025-04-16
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
2011-10-01 - 2022-11-15
Daily data
3 data types available - data from 1933-05-17 to 2025-04-15
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0 observed properties (data types) available
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| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values | 1933-05-17 | 2025-04-16 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 2018-05-02 | 2019-04-09 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2006-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
Monitoring location 06604000 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Dickinson County, Iowa. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1933 are available online.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
06604000 | n/a |
|
Site name
|
Spirit Lake near Orleans, IA | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
|
LK |
| DMS latitude | 432811.7 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 0950727.6 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 43.46991667 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -95.1243333 | 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
|
Dickinson County | 059 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | NESENWS20 T100N R36W 5 | n/a |
| Name of location map | Spirit Lake | n/a |
| Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 1387.28 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System | X |
| Altitude accuracy | .12 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
|
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Little Sioux | 10230003 |
|
Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
|
Topographic setting
|
Lake or Swamp
|
L |
| Flags for instruments at site | YNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
|
Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
| Date site established or inventoried | 193305 | n/a |
|
Drainage area
|
75.6 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 |
