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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2022-10-21 2023-06-06
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2022-10-21 2023-06-06
Organics, other Water-quality 2022-10-21 2023-06-06
Physical Water-quality 2022-10-21 2023-06-06
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 04168540 is associated with a Stream in Wayne County, Michigan. Water data back to 2022 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04168540 n/a
Site name
RIVER ROUGE AT S. SHAEFER HWY AT DETROIT, MI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 421725.98 n/a
DMS longitude 0831001.38 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.29055 n/a
Decimal longitude -83.16705 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
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 n/a
Name of location map DEARBORN, MI n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 580 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1.6 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04090004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
20220919 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20220919 n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST 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 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 NK00UNY4400 n/a