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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1996-09-26 2012-12-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2002-01-09 2003-03-12
Nutrient Daily Values, Water-quality 1996-09-26 2016-12-01
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1996-09-26 2016-11-29
n/a Peak Measurements 2016-08-21 2016-08-21
n/a Site Visits 1996-09-26 2016-12-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2011-01-01 2017-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05390685 is associated with a Stream in Vilas County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1996 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05390685 n/a
Site name
MUSKELLUNGE CREEK NEAR ST. GERMAIN, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 455601 n/a
DMS longitude 0892529 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.9336111 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.4247222 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
Vilas County 125
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSWS19 T40N R9E 4 n/a
Name of location map ST GERMAIN n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1620 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07070001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Flood plain
G
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20101015 n/a
Drainage area
7.51 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
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 24919KB46 n/a