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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1937-07-03 1937-07-03
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1937-07-03 1937-07-03
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1937-07-03 1937-07-03
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1937-07-03 1937-07-03
Nutrient Water-quality 1937-07-03 1937-07-03
Physical Groundwater Levels, Water-quality 1937-07-03 1937-07-03
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 414014093420601 is associated with a Well in Polk County, Iowa. Water data back to 1937 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
414014093420601 n/a
Site name
079N25W12ABDD 1937 n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 414014 n/a
DMS longitude 0934206 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.67054398 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.7018878 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
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
Polk County 153
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENWNES12 T079N R25W 5 n/a
Name of location map Des Moines NW n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 840 feet n/a
Method altitude determined U n/a
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07100004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
1937 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 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
Unchecked data. U
Data-other GW files YNNNNYNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer Wisconsin Glacial Deposits 112WICG
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth 91 feet n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a