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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21IOWA >  21IOWA-10170001

Winnebago River at Mason City (21IOWA-10170001) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources (identifier 21IOWA), has the name "Winnebago River at Mason City" and has the identifier 21IOWA-10170001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080203.

This site is located in Cerro Gordo County County, Iowa at 43.1650000 degrees latitude and -93.1921000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1078 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21IOWA-10170001" 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 1999 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2000
Microbiological 1999 - 2000
Nutrient 1999 - 2000
Organics, Other 1999 - 2000
Organics, PCBs 1999 - 2000
Organics, Pesticide 1999 - 2000
Physical 1999 - 2000
*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 21IOWA
OrganizationFormalName Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21IOWA-10170001
MonitoringLocationName Winnebago River at Mason City
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText At USGS gage just N of 13th street bridge in Mason City.¶Ambient Surface Water Site.¶
HUCEightDigitCode 07080203
LatitudeMeasure 43.1650000
LongitudeMeasure -93.1921000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1078
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET