Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
Summary
Description
Location is Lat. 41 12 14 N Long. 91 7 6 W near Wapello, Iowa in Wapello County at Schafer Landing near Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge. Gage is mounted in a tree in the woods south of the Schafer Landing staff plate. Maximum Surface area of Lake Odessa is approximately 6,800 acres. The period of record for our surface water record is November 2011 to present. Gage site was updated to a Sutron SatLink datalogger on September 17, prior to upgrade date a Design Analysis datalogger recorded water levels. Dataloggers in communication with a KPSI transducer mounted to fence post in lakebottom. Instruments are powered by a 12V battery run to a solar panel, which is mounted to the antenna mast. Stage data is collected in 15minute intervals. Weekly gage data available online, NWS ID ODSI4. Datum of gage is an assumed 530 ft. Recorded supported by Port Louisa NWR in cooperation of Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Records coded fair for 2013 calendar year. Extremes for period of record are maximum gage height, 549.29 ft, April 22, 2013; minimum gage height, 532.80 ft, August 3, 2012. Extremes for current year are Maximum gage height, 549.29 ft, April 22; minimum gage height, 532.91 ft, August 29.