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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1971-05-14 1971-05-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-05-14 1971-05-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1971-05-14 1971-05-14
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1954-10-01 1980-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1955-04-15 1980-04-11
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04065500 is associated with a Stream in Dickinson County, Michigan. Water data back to 1954 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04065500 n/a
Site name
STURGEON RIVER NEAR FOSTER CITY, MI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 455435 n/a
DMS longitude 0874524 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.90967826 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.7567964 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
Dickinson County 043
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWS36 T41N R28W M n/a
Name of location map FELCH n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 966.6 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04030108
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
237 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 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 244500100 n/a