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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1932-02-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1932-04-21 2023-04-17
n/a Site Visits 1951-04-30 2024-09-11
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04041500 is associated with a Stream in Baraga County, Michigan. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, and more are available. Water data back to 1932 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04041500 n/a
Site name
STURGEON RIVER NEAR ALSTON, MI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 464333.0 n/a
DMS longitude 0883944.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.7258333 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.6624167 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Michigan 26
State
Michigan 26
County
Baraga County 013
Country US n/a
Land net location description SES15 T50N R35W M n/a
Name of location map PRICKETT LAKE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 709.69 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
04020104
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
346 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files YYNNNNNN 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 244500100 n/a