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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1957-01-14 1976-04-09
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1957-01-14 1976-04-09
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1957-01-14 1976-04-09
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-04-02 1976-04-09
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1957-01-14 1976-04-09
Nutrient Water-quality 1957-01-14 1976-04-09
Physical Water-quality 1957-01-14 1976-04-09
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1976-04-09 1976-04-09
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 431202095501901 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
431202095501901 n/a
Site name
097N42W20CCDD 1956Sheldon 7 n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 431202 n/a
DMS longitude 0955019 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.20053297 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.8389054 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
O'Brien County 141
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESWSWS20 T097N R42W 5 n/a
Name of location map Sheldon n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1388 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
10230002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
1956 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 NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) N100GLCIAL
Local aquifer Pleistocene Series 112PLSC
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth 28 feet n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number 461904700 n/a