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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1974-11-21 1974-11-21
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1975-06-17 1976-12-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-08-28 1977-05-13
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-09-26 1976-12-16
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1974-09-26 1976-12-16
Nutrient Water-quality 1974-06-05 1977-05-13
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1974-09-26 1976-11-16
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-09-26 1976-11-16
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1974-09-26 1976-11-16
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1974-06-01 1978-05-21
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1974-06-04 1977-05-15
n/a Peak Measurements 1975-08-31 1979-03-05
n/a Site Visits 1974-06-04 1974-09-09
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04096312 is associated with a Stream in Hillsdale County, Michigan. Water data back to 1974 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04096312 n/a
Site name
SAND CREEK AT LITCHFIELD, MI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 420145 n/a
DMS longitude 0844647 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.02921269 n/a
Decimal longitude -84.7796866 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
Hillsdale County 059
Country US n/a
Land net location description S21 T05S R04W M n/a
Name of location map LITCHFIELD (V-23-SE) n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1000 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
04050001
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
20.6 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST 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