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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 2000-08-17 2004-09-02
Information Water-quality 1997-04-12 2017-10-16
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2000-08-17 2012-03-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1997-04-12 2012-03-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2000-08-17 2012-03-26
Nutrient Water-quality 1997-04-12 2012-03-26
Organics, other Water-quality 2012-03-26 2012-03-26
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1997-04-12 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1997-04-12 2017-10-16
n/a Peak Measurements 2008-04-29 2023-04-18
n/a Site Visits 1928-05-25 2024-11-18
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05344490 is associated with a Stream in Pierce County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Mean water velocity for discharge computation, and more are available. Water data back to 1928 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05344490 n/a
Site name
ST. CROIX RIVER AT PRESCOTT, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 444457 n/a
DMS longitude 0924816 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.74913428 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.8046473 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
Minnesota 27
State
Wisconsin 55
County
Pierce County 093
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESE S9 T26N R20W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 649.67 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy 0.1 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 NNNNYNNNNNNNNYYNYNYNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
7650 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 MN-14102 n/a