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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 1979-07-05 2002-10-16
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1966-11-08 1969-08-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-11-08 2002-10-16
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1966-11-08 1969-08-28
Microbiological Water-quality 1979-07-05 1979-07-05
Nutrient Water-quality 1966-11-08 2002-10-16
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1944-03-25 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1979-07-05 1979-07-05
Sediment Water-quality 1965-04-09 2002-10-16
n/a Peak Measurements 1944-06-19 2023-04-02
n/a Site Visits 1944-06-18 2024-11-15
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05402000 is associated with a Stream in Wood County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1944 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05402000 n/a
Site name
YELLOW RIVER AT BABCOCK, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 441808 n/a
DMS longitude 0900719 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.3022222 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.1219444 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
Wood County 141
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENES15 T21N R3E 4 n/a
Name of location map PITTSVILLE n/a
Scale of location map 62500 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 954.69 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07070003
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
215 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