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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
Information Water-quality 1981-10-02 2002-10-14
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1966-11-09 1966-11-09
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-11-09 2002-10-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1966-11-09 1966-11-09
Nutrient Water-quality 1966-11-09 2002-10-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1942-04-10 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1964-10-16 2002-10-14
n/a Peak Measurements 1942-09-18 2023-04-13
n/a Site Visits 1942-05-30 2024-08-30
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05393500 is associated with a Stream in Lincoln County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1942 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05393500 n/a
Site name
SPIRIT RIVER AT SPIRIT FALLS, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 452657 n/a
DMS longitude 0895845 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.44916667 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.9791667 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
Lincoln County 069
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNWS10 T34N R4E 4 n/a
Name of location map SPIRIT FALLS n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1461.87 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07070001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNYNNNYNNNYYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
81.6 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