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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 1981-10-16 1994-08-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1992-05-07 1993-09-08
Nutrient Water-quality 1992-05-07 1993-09-08
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1944-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1976-03-29 1976-03-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1941-09-01 2023-04-13
n/a Site Visits 1944-09-30 2024-10-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05398000 is associated with a Stream in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1941 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05398000 n/a
Site name
WISCONSIN RIVER AT ROTHSCHILD, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 445312.59 n/a
DMS longitude 0893808.69 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.88683056 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.6357472 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .01 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). H
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
Marathon County 073
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENES26 T28N R7E 4 n/a
Name of location map WAUSAU WEST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1125.97 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .06 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 NNNYNNNNNNNYNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
4020 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