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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1990-08-08 2007-10-04
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1991-11-17 1992-09-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Water-quality 1990-07-12 2001-10-18
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1991-11-17 1992-09-16
Microbiological Water-quality 1990-09-27 1996-07-12
Nutrient Daily Values, Water-quality 1990-07-01 2007-10-04
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1990-07-01 2007-10-04
Sediment Water-quality 1990-08-17 1996-03-13
n/a Peak Measurements 1991-04-29 2004-06-09
n/a Site Visits 1990-07-17 2007-10-05
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2008-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05378183 is associated with a Stream in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1990 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05378183 n/a
Site name
JOOS VALLEY CREEK NEAR FOUNTAIN CITY, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 441253 n/a
DMS longitude 0913954 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.2146857 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.6651532 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
Wisconsin 55
State
Wisconsin 55
County
Buffalo County 011
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWS14 T20N R11W 4 n/a
Name of location map FOUNTAIN CITY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 810 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07040003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNYNNNYNNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
5.89 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 2491BQY11 n/a