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Wapsipinicon River near Otterville (21IOWA_WQX-10100001) 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 DNR Surface Water Monitoring Data (identifier 21IOWA_WQX), has the name "Wapsipinicon River near Otterville" and has the identifier 21IOWA_WQX-10100001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080102.

This site is located in Buchanan County County, Iowa at 42.5121570000 degrees latitude and -91.9740350000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal 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_WQX-10100001" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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, Algae, Cyanobacteria 1999 - 2005
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1999 - 2025
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1999 - 2005
Information 2001 - 2025
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2014 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2025
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2025
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2025
Microbiological 1999 - 2025
Not Assigned 2008 - 2008
Nutrient 1999 - 2025
Organics, BDEs 2008 - 2008
Organics, Other 1999 - 2025
Organics, PCBs 1999 - 2008
Organics, Pesticide 1999 - 2025
Physical 1999 - 2025
Stable Isotopes 2008 - 2008
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Iowa DNR Surface Water Monitoring Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21IOWA_WQX-10100001
MonitoringLocationName Wapsipinicon River near Otterville
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Otterville Boulevard / 190th Street bridge 1.5 miles W of Otterville
HUCEightDigitCode 07080102
LatitudeMeasure 42.5121570000
LongitudeMeasure -91.9740350000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET