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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1966-07-12 1966-07-12
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1966-07-12 1966-07-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-07-12 1966-07-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1966-07-12 1966-07-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1966-07-12 1966-07-12
Physical Groundwater Levels, Water-quality 1957-06-26 1966-07-12
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 430548095511501 is associated with a Well in O'Brien County, Iowa. Water data back to 1957 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
430548095511501 n/a
Site name
096N42W31BAA 08512 1957 n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 430548 n/a
DMS longitude 0955115 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.09664764 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.8544598 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
O'Brien County 141
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENENWS31 T096N R42W 5 n/a
Name of location map Sheldon SE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1410 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Altimeter. A
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10230002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Flat surface
F
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
19570626 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 YYNYNNNN n/a
National aquifer Lower Cretaceous aquifers N300LCRTCS
Local aquifer Dakota Group 217DAKT
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth 493 feet n/a
Hole depth
493 feet n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a