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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2002-09-18 2013-04-16
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2002-09-18 2002-09-18
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2002-09-18 2013-04-16
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2002-09-18 2002-09-18
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2002-09-18 2002-09-18
Nutrient Water-quality 2002-09-18 2002-09-18
Organics, other Water-quality 2002-09-18 2013-04-16
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2002-09-18 2013-04-16
Physical Water-quality 2002-09-18 2013-04-16
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2002-09-18 2002-09-18
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 420626093404101 is associated with a Well in Story County, Iowa. Water data back to 2002 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
420626093404101 n/a
Site name
084N24W05CCCC 39923 1972Gilbert 3 n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 420626 n/a
DMS longitude 0934041 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.10720629 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.678275 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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
Story County 169
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWSWS05 T084N R24W 5 n/a
Name of location map Ames West NE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 961.81 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Light Detection And Ranging, airplane J
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080105
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
19720402 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files YYNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) N100GLCIAL
Local aquifer Pleistocene Series 112PLSC
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth 157 feet n/a
Hole depth
157 feet n/a
Source of depth data D n/a
Project number 461904700 n/a