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Des Moines River at St. Francisville, MO (USGS-05490600) 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 Missouri Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MO), has the name "Des Moines River at St. Francisville, MO" and has the identifier USGS-05490600. 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 14300 sq mi.

This site is located in Clark County County, Missouri at 40.46240830000000 degrees latitude and -91.5669639000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 491.73 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .1 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-05490600" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1970 - 1981
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria, Periphyton 1974 - 1980
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1974 - 1980
Biological, Counts 1974 - 1981
Biological, Fish 1970 - 1975
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1974 - 1980
Information 1975 - 1993
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1967 - 1993
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1967 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1967 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1973 - 1993
Microbiological 1968 - 1993
Nutrient 1967 - 1993
Organics, Other 1967 - 1993
Organics, PCBs 1977 - 1993
Organics, Pesticide 1975 - 1993
Physical 1967 - 1993
Radiochemical 1981 - 1981
Sediment 1977 - 1992
Stable Isotopes 1993 - 1993
*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-MO
OrganizationFormalName USGS Missouri Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-05490600
MonitoringLocationName Des Moines River at St. Francisville, MO
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07100009
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 14300
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 40.46240830000000
LongitudeMeasure -91.5669639000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 491.73
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 29
CountyCode 045
ProviderName NWIS