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Maquoketa River Upstream of Canton (23) (21IOWA_WQX-11490009) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Iowa DNR Surface Water Monitoring Data (identifier 21IOWA_WQX), has the name "Maquoketa River Upstream of Canton (23)" and has the identifier 21IOWA_WQX-11490009. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07060006.

This site is located in Jackson County County, Iowa at 42.1665240000 degrees latitude and -90.8943650000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal 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_WQX-11490009" 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.

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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, Photosynthetic Pigments 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2005 - 2005
Microbiological 2001 - 2005
Nutrient 2005 - 2005
Physical 2001 - 2005
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Iowa DNR Surface Water Monitoring Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21IOWA_WQX-11490009
MonitoringLocationName Maquoketa River Upstream of Canton (23)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Maquoketa River Upstream of Canton. 2001 TMDL Monitoring Site.
HUCEightDigitCode 07060006
LatitudeMeasure 42.1665240000
LongitudeMeasure -90.8943650000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 097
ProviderName STORET