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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1972-07-13 1980-06-12
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1972-07-13 1980-06-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-07-13 1980-06-12
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-07-13 1980-06-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1972-07-13 1980-06-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1972-07-13 1980-06-12
Physical Water-quality 1972-07-13 1980-06-12
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1976-05-05 1980-06-12
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 431427095391202 is associated with a Well in Clay County, Iowa. Water data back to 1972 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
431427095391202 n/a
Site name
097N37W12AABA 1966Fostoria 2 n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 431427 n/a
DMS longitude 0950912 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.2407988 n/a
Decimal longitude -95.1536073 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
Clay County 041
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNENES12 T097N R37W 5 n/a
Name of location map Spencer n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1451 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
10230003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
196609 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 Quaternary - Cretaceous Undifferentiated 110QRCU
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth 568 feet n/a
Hole depth
568 feet n/a
Source of depth data D n/a
Project number 461904700 n/a