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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 Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1970-08-12 1970-08-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-08-12 1970-08-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1970-08-12 1970-08-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1970-08-12 1970-08-12
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1913-12-22 1978-07-03
Sediment Water-quality 1978-07-02 1978-07-03
n/a Peak Measurements 1914-06-28 1978-07-02
n/a Site Visits 1913-12-22 1979-04-27
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05383000 is associated with a Stream in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1913 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05383000 n/a
Site name
LA CROSSE RIVER NEAR WEST SALEM, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 435405 n/a
DMS longitude 0910705 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.9013541 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.1181921 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
La Crosse County 063
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 668.0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07040006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
398.00 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 n/a