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Des Moines River at Ottumwa, IA (USGS-05489500) 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 Ottumwa, IA" and has the identifier USGS-05489500. 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 has a drainage area of 13374 sq mi.

This site is located in Wapello County County, Iowa at 41.01084720000000 degrees latitude and -92.4112917000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 621.59 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .15 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05489500" 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*
Information 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1940 - 1978
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1940 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1940 - 1978
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1976 - 1978
Microbiological 2008 - 2008
Nutrient 1940 - 2008
Organics, Other 1960 - 2008
Organics, PCBs 2008 - 2008
Organics, Pesticide 2008 - 2008
Physical 1940 - 2008
Radiochemical 1976 - 1978
Sediment 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 USGS-IA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Iowa Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-05489500
MonitoringLocationName Des Moines River at Ottumwa, IA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07100009
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 13374
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 41.01084720000000
LongitudeMeasure -92.4112917000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 621.59
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .15
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 179
ProviderName NWIS