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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2010-06-23 2010-08-18
Information Water-quality 2010-06-23 2014-05-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Water-quality 2010-05-07 2011-07-15
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2010-06-23 2010-06-29
Nutrient Water-quality 2010-06-23 2010-08-18
Organics, other Water-quality 2010-06-23 2014-05-28
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2014-05-28 2014-05-28
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 2010-05-07 2011-07-15
Sediment Water-quality 2010-06-23 2010-08-18
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2010-01-01 2011-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 040872118 is associated with a Stream in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 2010 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
040872118 n/a
Site name
ROOT RIVER AT WEST ALLIS, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 425938.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0880338.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.9939722 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.0606944 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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
Milwaukee County 079
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESWS7 T6N R21E 4 n/a
Name of location map HALES CORNERS n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 733 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04040002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
1.85 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 2491BQY23 n/a