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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Daily Values, Water-quality 1969-10-01 2000-09-30
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1992-08-12 1992-08-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1992-08-12 1992-08-12
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1992-08-12 1992-08-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1992-08-12 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06903880 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Appanoose County, Iowa. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1969 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06903880 n/a
Site name
Rathbun Lake near Rathbun, IA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 404924.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0925339.9 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.8235 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.8944167 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Appanoose County 007
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENWNES35 T070N R18W 5 n/a
Name of location map Mystic n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Reported method of determination. R
Altitude accuracy .15 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10280201
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 196910 n/a
Drainage area
549 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 461900100 n/a

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