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Black Cat Creek near Lone Rock, IA (USGS-05478150) 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 "Black Cat Creek near Lone Rock, IA" and has the identifier USGS-05478150. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07100003. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 58.20 sq mi.

This site is located in Kossuth County County, Iowa at 43.19996330000000 degrees latitude and -94.3335795000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05478150" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1969 - 1975
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-IA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Iowa Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-05478150
MonitoringLocationName Black Cat Creek near Lone Rock, IA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07100003
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 58.20
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 43.19996330000000
LongitudeMeasure -94.3335795000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 109
ProviderName NWIS