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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1994-09-23 2022-09-27
Information Water-quality 1992-08-31 2022-08-08
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1992-08-31 2010-06-10
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Water-quality 1992-08-31 2019-08-28
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1992-08-31 2010-06-10
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1992-08-31 2012-05-30
Microbiological Water-quality 1993-03-30 2005-08-30
Nutrient Water-quality 1992-08-31 2011-09-08
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1992-08-31 2009-09-03
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2022-08-08 2022-08-08
Organics, other Water-quality 1992-08-31 2022-08-08
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1992-08-31 2011-09-08
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1992-08-31 2022-08-08
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1992-08-31 2007-09-06
Sediment Water-quality 1992-08-31 2022-08-08
n/a Site Visits 1993-03-23 2003-05-12
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2007-01-01 2012-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 040869415 is associated with a Stream in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1992 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
040869415 n/a
Site name
LINCOLN CREEK AT 47TH STREET AT MILWAUKEE, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430549 n/a
DMS longitude 0875820 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.09695587 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.9723094 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
Milwaukee County 079
Country US n/a
Land net location description SW NE S2 T7N R21E 4 n/a
Name of location map MILWAUKEE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 640 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04040003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNYNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
13.06 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
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 445517210 n/a