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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Unit Values, Water-quality 2008-11-20 2019-05-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Water-quality 2008-11-06 2015-09-29
Microbiological Water-quality 2008-11-20 2019-05-16
Nutrient Daily Values, Water-quality 2008-11-20 2014-09-10
Organics, other Water-quality 2009-09-02 2019-05-16
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2017-04-06 2019-05-16
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2008-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 2012-07-06 2012-07-06
n/a Peak Measurements 2009-06-19 2023-02-27
n/a Site Visits 2008-10-23 2024-07-30
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04087142 is associated with a Stream in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Mean water velocity for discharge computation, and more are available. Water data back to 2008 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04087142 n/a
Site name
MENOMONEE RIVER AT 16TH STREET AT MILWAUKEE, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430202 n/a
DMS longitude 0875603 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.03390256 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.934252 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 SWSES30 T7N R22E 4 n/a
Name of location map MILWAUKEE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 566.55 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
04040003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
146 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 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 24919KP56 n/a

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