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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 1981-10-22 2002-10-14
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1966-11-16 1966-11-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-11-16 2002-10-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1966-11-16 1966-11-16
Nutrient Water-quality 1966-11-16 2002-10-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1914-01-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1964-11-04 2002-10-14
n/a Peak Measurements 1914-04-30 2024-06-26
n/a Site Visits 1914-04-22 2024-10-29
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05394500 is associated with a Stream in Lincoln County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1914 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05394500 n/a
Site name
PRAIRIE RIVER NEAR MERRILL, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 451409 n/a
DMS longitude 0893859 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.2358333 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.6497222 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 SWSWS20 T32N R7E 4 n/a
Name of location map MERRILL n/a
Scale of location map 62500 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1297.43 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
07070002
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
184 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