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Corydon Lake Spillway at Corydon, IA (USGS-06903677) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS Iowa Water Science Center (identifier USGS-IA), has the name "Corydon Lake Spillway at Corydon, IA" and has the identifier USGS-06903677. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10280201. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 2.62 sq mi.

This site is located in Wayne County County, Iowa at 40.75028348000000 degrees latitude and -93.3316010000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 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-06903677" 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, Photosynthetic Pigments 1992 - 1992
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1992 - 1992
Information 1990 - 1995
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1934 - 1976
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1934 - 1995
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1934 - 1976
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1972 - 1976
Microbiological 1972 - 1993
Nutrient 1934 - 1995
Organics, Other 1990 - 1995
Organics, Pesticide 1992 - 1994
Physical 1934 - 1995
Radiochemical 1976 - 1976
*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-06903677
MonitoringLocationName Corydon Lake Spillway at Corydon, IA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 10280201
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 2.62
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 40.75028348000000
LongitudeMeasure -93.3316010000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 185
ProviderName NWIS