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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1961-06-23 2002-12-04
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1961-06-23 2002-12-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1961-06-23 2002-12-04
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-09-10 1984-09-05
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1961-06-23 2002-12-04
Nutrient Water-quality 1961-06-23 2002-07-02
Physical Groundwater Levels, Water-quality 1961-01-01 2002-12-04
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1966-12-02 1984-09-05
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2002-07-02 2002-12-04
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 414356093363601 is associated with a Well in Polk County, Iowa. Water data back to 1961 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
414356093363601 n/a
Site name
080N24W23 12574 1961Ankeny 4 n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 414342.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0933638.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.72857138 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.6109403 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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 S23 T080N R24W 5 n/a
Name of location map Des Moines n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 990 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 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
1961 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 YYNNNYNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer Ordovician-Cambrian Systems 360OVCB
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth 2715 feet n/a
Hole depth
2715 feet n/a
Source of depth data D n/a
Project number 461904700 n/a