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Polk County Snapshot (Site NWC2 - North Walnut Creek) (IOWATER-977098) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Iowa Volunteer Water Monitoring Program (identifier IOWATER), has the name "Polk County Snapshot (Site NWC2 - North Walnut Creek)" and has the identifier IOWATER-977098. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07100006.

This site is located in Polk County County, Iowa at 41.6370857 degrees latitude and -93.7455800 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 "IOWATER-977098" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2007
Nutrient 2004 - 2007
Physical 2004 - 2007
*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 IOWATER
OrganizationFormalName Iowa Volunteer Water Monitoring Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier IOWATER-977098
MonitoringLocationName Polk County Snapshot (Site NWC2 - North Walnut Creek)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07100006
LatitudeMeasure 41.6370857
LongitudeMeasure -93.7455800
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 153
ProviderName STORET