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Outlet Creek at 640th Street near Storm Lake, IA (USGS-05482148) 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 "Outlet Creek at 640th Street near Storm Lake, IA" and has the identifier USGS-05482148. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07100006. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 37.4 sq mi.

This site is located in Buena Vista County County, Iowa at 42.59019444000000 degrees latitude and -95.0928889000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is 10 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-05482148" 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, Phytoplankton 2012 - 2012
Biological, Fish 2012 - 2012
Nutrient 2012 - 2012
Organics, Other 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2012
*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-05482148
MonitoringLocationName Outlet Creek at 640th Street near Storm Lake, IA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07100006
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 37.4
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 42.59019444000000
LongitudeMeasure -95.0928889000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 021
ProviderName NWIS