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Cedar R Snapshot (Site 981 - Shell Rock near Northwood) (IASNAPST_WQX-998011) 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 Geological Survey (Iowa) Watershed Snapshots (identifier IASNAPST_WQX), has the name "Cedar R Snapshot (Site 981 - Shell Rock near Northwood)" and has the identifier IASNAPST_WQX-998011. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080202.

This site is located in Worth County County, Iowa at 43.3989270000 degrees latitude and -93.2106350000 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 "IASNAPST_WQX-998011" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2000 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2007
Microbiological 2000 - 2007
Nutrient 2000 - 2007
Organics, Other 2001 - 2001
Organics, Pesticide 2001 - 2001
Physical 2000 - 2007
*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 IASNAPST_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Iowa Geological Survey (Iowa) Watershed Snapshots
MonitoringLocationIdentifier IASNAPST_WQX-998011
MonitoringLocationName Cedar R Snapshot (Site 981 - Shell Rock near Northwood)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07080202
LatitudeMeasure 43.3989270000
LongitudeMeasure -93.2106350000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 195
ProviderName STORET