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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1970-05-27 2019-12-11
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-11-09 2019-06-03
Nutrient Water-quality 1989-03-20 1989-10-02
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2019-12-11 2019-12-11
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1989-03-20 1989-10-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1965-10-01 2024-11-08
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1968-04-01 1998-10-13
n/a Peak Measurements 1947-06-05 2023-10-01
n/a Site Visits 1964-04-21 2024-10-28
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06903400 is associated with a Stream in Lucas County, Iowa. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1947 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06903400 n/a
Site name
Chariton River near Chariton, IA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 405707.1 n/a
DMS longitude 0931535.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.9519722 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.2598889 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
Lucas County 117
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSWNES15 T071N R21W 5 n/a
Name of location map Corydon n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 918.31 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .20 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10280201
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19570319 n/a
Drainage area
182 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 NYNNNNNN 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

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