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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1936-08-22 2023-11-14
Sediment Water-quality 1973-03-07 1973-03-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2012-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04072500 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Columbia County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1936 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04072500 n/a
Site name
SILVER LAKE AT PORTAGE, WI n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 433310 n/a
DMS longitude 0892822.9 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.55277778 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.4730278 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 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Wisconsin 55
State
Wisconsin 55
County
Columbia County 021
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 781.68 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .02 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04030201
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
1.00 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 n/a