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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2016-05-25 2016-05-25
Information Water-quality 2019-06-05 2021-05-18
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2019-06-05 2021-05-18
Nutrient Water-quality 2016-05-25 2021-05-18
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2021-05-18 2021-05-18
Organics, other Water-quality 2016-05-25 2016-05-25
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2021-05-18 2021-05-18
Physical Water-quality 2019-06-05 2021-05-18
Sediment Water-quality 2021-05-18 2021-05-18
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 421100093320002 is associated with a Ditch in Story County, Iowa. Water data back to 2016 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
421100093320002 n/a
Site name
SY-85/23W-0002 (HM-2) n/a
Site type
Ditch
ST-DCH
DMS latitude 421100 n/a
DMS longitude 0933200 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.1833333 n/a
Decimal longitude -93.5333333 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 min. M
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
Story County 169
Country US n/a
Land net location description S16 T85N R23W 5 n/a
Name of location map STORY CITY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 990 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 3 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07100005
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Local depression
D
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
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 Y 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 GC2WI n/a