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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-11-03 1976-08-24
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1965-08-09 1979-09-30
n/a Peak Measurements 1965-09-07 1979-07-30
n/a Site Visits 1965-08-09 1979-10-10
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06610520 is associated with a Stream in Shelby County, Iowa. Water data back to 1965 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06610520 n/a
Site name
Mosquito Creek near Earling, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 414510 n/a
DMS longitude 0952756 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.7527654 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.4658348 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Iowa 19
State
Iowa 19
County
Shelby County 165
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1222.56 feet n/a
Method altitude determined U n/a
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10230006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
32.00 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 NNNNNNNN 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