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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2012-05-24 2013-10-17
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2012-07-30 2012-08-16
Nutrient Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2012-06-01 2015-10-01
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2012-05-24 2013-10-17
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2010-03-16 2017-10-02
n/a Peak Measurements 2010-03-18 2015-03-11
n/a Site Visits 2010-03-16 2017-10-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2011-01-01 2018-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06604440 is associated with a Stream in Clay County, Iowa. Water data back to 2010 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06604440 n/a
Site name
Little Sioux River at 300th St near Spencer, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 431246.0 n/a
DMS longitude 0951421.0 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.21277778 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.2391667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Clay County 041
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWSES17 T097N R37W 5 n/a
Name of location map Spencer n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1319.11 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
10230003
Drainage basin
12 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 20100315 n/a
Drainage area
523 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 Y 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 n/a