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WQP Home >  Providers >  NWIS >  USGS-IA >  USGS-05492000

Des Moines River at Highway 61 near Keokuk, IA (USGS-05492000) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Iowa Water Science Center (identifier USGS-IA), has the name "Des Moines River at Highway 61 near Keokuk, IA" and has the identifier USGS-05492000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07100009. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Lee County County, Iowa at 40.38559960000000 degrees latitude and -91.4379315000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05492000" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 1999
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 1999
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 1999
Nutrient 1999 - 1999
Organics, Other 1999 - 1999
Organics, Pesticide 1999 - 1999
Physical 1999 - 1999
*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 USGS-IA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Iowa Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-05492000
MonitoringLocationName Des Moines River at Highway 61 near Keokuk, IA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07100009
LatitudeMeasure 40.38559960000000
LongitudeMeasure -91.4379315000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 111
ProviderName NWIS