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Winnebago River near Fertile, IA (USGS-05459300) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Iowa Water Science Center (identifier USGS-IA), has the name "Winnebago River near Fertile, IA" and has the identifier USGS-05459300. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080203. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 294 sq mi.

This site is located in Cerro Gordo County County, Iowa at 43.24690006000000 degrees latitude and -93.4379854000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 1170 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 5 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05459300" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1997 - 1998
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1998 - 1998
Nutrient 1988 - 1998
Organics, Other 1997 - 1997
Organics, Pesticide 1988 - 1998
Physical 1970 - 1998
Sediment 1997 - 1998
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-IA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Iowa Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-05459300
MonitoringLocationName Winnebago River near Fertile, IA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07080203
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 294
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 43.24690006000000
LongitudeMeasure -93.4379854000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1170
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 033
ProviderName NWIS