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Shell Rock River at Rockford (68) (21IOWA-11340001) 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 "Shell Rock River at Rockford (68)" and has the identifier 21IOWA-11340001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080202.

This site is located in Floyd County County, Iowa at 43.0522783 degrees latitude and -92.9430283 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1007 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-11340001" 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 2002 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2004
Microbiological 2001 - 2004
Nutrient 2001 - 2004
Physical 2001 - 2004
*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-11340001
MonitoringLocationName Shell Rock River at Rockford (68)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Bridge at Highway 147¶T95N, R18W, Section 11 (SW 1/4)¶2001 TMDL monitoring site
HUCEightDigitCode 07080202
LatitudeMeasure 43.0522783
LongitudeMeasure -92.9430283
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1007
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET