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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1996-07-17 1996-07-17
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1996-07-17 1996-07-17
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1996-07-17 1996-07-17
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1996-07-17 1996-07-17
Nutrient Water-quality 1996-07-17 1996-07-17
Organics, other Water-quality 1996-07-17 1996-07-17
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1996-07-17 1996-07-17
Physical Groundwater Levels, Water-quality 1996-07-17 1996-07-17
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1996-07-17 1996-07-17
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1996-07-17 1996-07-17
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 431614092275401 is associated with a Well in Howard County, Iowa. Water data back to 1996 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
431614092275401 n/a
Site name
098N14W26DCC 1996NAWQA n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 431613.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0922754.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.2703333 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.4651667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Howard County 089
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWSES26 T098N R14W 5 n/a
Name of location map Saratoga n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1181.36 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
07080102
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Flood plain
G
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19960717 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 YYNYNYNN n/a
National aquifer Upper carbonate aquifer N400UPCRBN
Local aquifer Devonian-Silurian Systems 340DVSL
Local aquifer type
Confined multiple aquifers M
Well depth 182 feet n/a
Hole depth
182 feet n/a
Source of depth data O n/a
Project number 461907800 n/a