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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1900-05-12 1994-09-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1900-05-12 1994-06-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1900-05-12 1994-06-14
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1900-05-12 1994-06-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1900-05-12 1994-06-14
Microbiological Water-quality 1968-10-09 1994-06-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1968-02-26 1994-06-14
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1973-09-20 1982-08-11
Organics, other Water-quality 1968-09-10 1982-08-11
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1968-09-10 1991-03-06
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1900-05-12 1994-09-30
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1900-05-12 1993-09-01
Sediment Water-quality 1967-05-31 1994-06-14
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1993-04-06 1993-04-06
n/a Peak Measurements 1967-06-14 2023-08-05
n/a Site Visits 1967-05-31 2011-04-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2013-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06897950 is associated with a Stream in Decatur County, Iowa. Water data back to 1900 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06897950 n/a
Site name
Elk Creek near Decatur City, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 404328 n/a
DMS longitude 0935617 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.72444235 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.9382816 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
Decatur County 053
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWSWS35 T069N R27W 5 n/a
Name of location map Lamoni North NE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 924.70 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10280102
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19670505 n/a
Drainage area
52.5 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 461900600 n/a