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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-10-02 1981-09-16
Information Water-quality 1974-10-02 2003-10-16
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1966-11-06 2001-09-13
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-11-06 2003-10-16
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-10-02 1995-07-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1968-06-03 2001-09-13
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-10-02 1999-07-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1966-11-06 2003-10-16
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1976-04-14 1995-07-20
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-10-02 2001-09-13
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1976-04-14 2002-09-03
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1902-01-01 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1974-10-02 1981-09-16
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-01-12 1995-07-20
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1974-11-11 2003-10-16
n/a Peak Measurements 1902-07-10 2023-04-16
n/a Site Visits 1940-03-17 2024-09-09
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05340500 is associated with a Stream in Polk County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, and more are available. Water data back to 1902 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05340500 n/a
Site name
ST. CROIX RIVER AT ST. CROIX FALLS, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 452425 n/a
DMS longitude 0923849 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.4069444 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.6469444 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 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Wisconsin 55
State
Wisconsin 55
County
Polk County 095
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNWS30 T34N R18W 4 n/a
Name of location map ST CROIX DALLES n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 690.17 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .07 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07030005
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNYNNNYNNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
6240 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 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 249100100 n/a

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US Army Corps of Engineers - St. Paul District
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USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds
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USGS - Federal Priority Streamgages
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Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources