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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2007-07-24 2009-03-17
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1999-04-01 2024-11-12
Sediment Water-quality 2007-07-24 2010-03-12
n/a Peak Measurements 1999-07-05 2023-04-12
n/a Site Visits 1999-05-04 2024-10-14
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 040263205 is associated with a Stream in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1999 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
040263205 n/a
Site name
WHITTLESEY CREEK NEAR ASHLAND, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 463540 n/a
DMS longitude 0905747 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.59438708 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.9632437 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Wisconsin 55
State
Wisconsin 55
County
Bayfield County 007
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENWS35 T48N R5W 4 n/a
Name of location map ASHLAND WEST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 609.75 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04010301
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNYNNNYNNNYYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20021104 n/a
Drainage area
37.6 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 7.4 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number 249100100 n/a

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