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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1948-04-01 2024-11-07
n/a Peak Measurements 1948-04-25 2023-04-13
n/a Site Visits 1946-09-18 2024-07-31
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04060500 is associated with a Stream in Iron County, Michigan. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1946 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04060500 n/a
Site name
IRON RIVER AT CASPIAN, MI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 460331 n/a
DMS longitude 0883738 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.05856639 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.627354 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
Michigan 26
State
Michigan 26
County
Iron County 071
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESWS01 T42N R35W M n/a
Name of location map IRON RIVER n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1438.70 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
04030106
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
92.1 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files YNNNNNNN 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 442600100 n/a

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