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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2020-10-02 2023-10-04
Nutrient Water-quality 2020-10-02 2023-10-04
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2019-07-25 2024-10-29
Sediment Water-quality 2020-10-02 2023-10-04
n/a Peak Measurements 2020-03-20 2023-04-05
n/a Site Visits 1970-08-16 2023-10-03
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2019-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05404150 is associated with a Stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1970 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05404150 n/a
Site name
E BRANCH BIG CREEK AT LAVALLE RD NR LA VALLE, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 433736.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0900436.1 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.6267222 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.0766944 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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
Sauk County 111
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENES12 T13N R03E 4 n/a
Name of location map POTATO HILL, WI n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 913.82 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .02 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07070004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNYNNNNNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
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 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 GC19NKLZD10 n/a