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Scott County Snapshot (Site SS1 - Big Elkhorn Creek) (IASNAPST-982050) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Iowa Geological Survey (Iowa) Watershed Snapshots (identifier IASNAPST), has the name "Scott County Snapshot (Site SS1 - Big Elkhorn Creek)" and has the identifier IASNAPST-982050. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080206.

This site is located in Cedar County County, Iowa at 41.6236180 degrees latitude and -90.8996973 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 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 "IASNAPST-982050" 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*
Microbiological 2002 - 2008
Nutrient 2003 - 2008
Organics, Pesticide 2004 - 2005
Physical 2005 - 2005
*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 IASNAPST
OrganizationFormalName Iowa Geological Survey (Iowa) Watershed Snapshots
MonitoringLocationIdentifier IASNAPST-982050
MonitoringLocationName Scott County Snapshot (Site SS1 - Big Elkhorn Creek)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07080206
LatitudeMeasure 41.6236180
LongitudeMeasure -90.8996973
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET