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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2004-07-15 2004-07-15
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2004-07-15 2004-07-15
Nutrient Water-quality 2004-07-15 2004-07-15
Physical Water-quality 2004-07-15 2004-07-15
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 0680738670 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Shelby County, Iowa. Water data back to 2004 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
0680738670 n/a
Site name
Prairie Rose Lake near Elk Horn, IA sample site 4 n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 413613 n/a
DMS longitude 0951301 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.6035997 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.217218 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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 Prairie Rose Lake n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10240002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20040719 n/a
Drainage area
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 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 859100125 n/a