South Fork Chariton River near Promise City, IA

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South Fork Chariton River near Promise City, IA - 06903700

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March 10, 2025 - March 17, 2025

Gage height, feet

3.26 ft - Mar 17, 2025 02:45:00 PM CDT

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Mar 17, 2025

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-03-17T14:45:00.000-05:00	3.26	Provisional
2025-03-17T14:30:00.000-05:00	3.35	Provisional
2025-03-17T14:15:00.000-05:00	3.35	Provisional
2025-03-17T14:00:00.000-05:00	3.36	Provisional
2025-03-17T13:45:00.000-05:00	3.35	Provisional
2025-03-17T13:30:00.000-05:00	3.34	Provisional
2025-03-17T13:15:00.000-05:00	3.37	Provisional
2025-03-17T13:00:00.000-05:00	3.35	Provisional
2025-03-17T12:45:00.000-05:00	3.33	Provisional
2025-03-17T12:30:00.000-05:00	3.38	Provisional
2025-03-17T12:15:00.000-05:00	3.34	Provisional
2025-03-17T12:00:00.000-05:00	3.35	Provisional
2025-03-17T11:45:00.000-05:00	3.35	Provisional
2025-03-17T11:30:00.000-05:00	3.34	Provisional
2025-03-17T11:15:00.000-05:00	3.34	Provisional
2025-03-17T11:00:00.000-05:00	3.35	Provisional

USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Information	Water-quality	1983-11-15	2019-12-11
Inorganics, Major, Metals	Water-quality	1993-06-10	1993-08-05
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals	Water-quality	1970-01-06	1998-10-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals	Water-quality	1993-06-10	1993-08-05
Nutrient	Water-quality	1989-03-20	1993-08-05
Organics, PFAS	Water-quality	2019-12-11	2019-12-11
Organics, other	Water-quality	1993-06-10	1993-08-05
Organics, pesticide	Water-quality	1989-05-30	1993-08-05
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	1965-09-22	2025-03-17
Sediment	Water-quality	1965-09-22	1998-10-14
_n/a	Peak Measurements	1965-09-21	2024-05-03
_n/a	Site Visits	1965-03-16	2025-02-03
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2006-01-01	2024-01-01

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	06903700	_n/a
Site name	South Fork Chariton River near Promise City, IA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	404801.6	_n/a
DMS longitude	0931133.67	_n/a
Decimal latitude	40.80044444	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-93.1926861	_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	Wayne County	185
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	NWSWSWS05 T069N R20W 5	_n/a
Name of location map	Confidence	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	913.32 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.16 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Chariton	10280201
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting	Stream channel	C
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	19670822	_n/a
Drainage area	168 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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