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North Skunk River (21IOWA-10540001) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources (identifier 21IOWA), has the name "North Skunk River" and has the identifier 21IOWA-10540001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080106.

This site is located in Keokuk County County, Iowa at 41.2837000 degrees latitude and -92.2572000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 668 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21IOWA-10540001" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application

Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 1999 - 2009
Information 2001 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1998 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2006
Microbiological 1999 - 2009
Nutrient 1998 - 2009
Organics, Other 1998 - 2008
Organics, PCBs 1999 - 2003
Organics, Pesticide 1999 - 2006
Physical 1998 - 2009
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21IOWA
OrganizationFormalName Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21IOWA-10540001
MonitoringLocationName North Skunk River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 180th Avenue bridge SW of Sigourney, W of Highway 149.¶Ambient Surface Water Site.¶
HUCEightDigitCode 07080106
LatitudeMeasure 41.2837000
LongitudeMeasure -92.2572000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 668
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 107
ProviderName STORET