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Des Moines River near Keokuk (21IOWA-10560001) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources (identifier 21IOWA), has the name "Des Moines River near Keokuk" and has the identifier 21IOWA-10560001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07100009.

This site is located in Clark County County, Missouri at 40.4620000 degrees latitude and -91.5669000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 480 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-10560001" 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 - 2006
Information 2001 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2006
Microbiological 1999 - 2006
Nutrient 1999 - 2006
Organics, Other 1999 - 2006
Organics, PCBs 1999 - 2003
Organics, Pesticide 1999 - 2006
Physical 1999 - 2006
*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-10560001
MonitoringLocationName Des Moines River near Keokuk
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Highway 61 bridge S of Keokuk.¶Ambient Surface Water Site.¶
HUCEightDigitCode 07100009
LatitudeMeasure 40.4620000
LongitudeMeasure -91.5669000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 480
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 045
ProviderName STORET