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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2018-02-28 2024-02-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2018-02-28 2024-02-21
Microbiological Water-quality 2021-09-02 2024-02-21
Nutrient Water-quality 2018-02-28 2023-08-15
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2008-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 2018-02-28 2023-07-18
n/a Site Visits 2008-09-26 2024-06-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2014-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04165710 is associated with a Stream in Wayne County, Michigan. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Mean water velocity for discharge computation are available. Water data back to 2008 are available online.

Gage height data is from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fort Wayne, MI (9044036) water level station and can be found on the web here.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04165710 n/a
Site name
DETROIT RIVER AT FORT WAYNE AT DETROIT, MI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 421753 n/a
DMS longitude 0830534 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.2980939 n/a
Decimal longitude -83.0926997 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
Wayne County 163
Country US n/a
Land net location description S T02S R11E M n/a
Name of location map DETROIT n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04090004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20080924 n/a
Drainage area
228800 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N 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 244500100 n/a

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