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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1998-04-02 2003-03-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1998-04-02 2003-03-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1997-10-31 2003-09-30
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05405855 is associated with a Stream in Sauk County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1997 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05405855 n/a
Site name
LAKE WISCONSIN TRIBUTARY 3 NR PRAIRIE DU SAC, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 432010 n/a
DMS longitude 0894223 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.3360984 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.7065117 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 1927 NAD27
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 NW NE S19 T10N R7E 4 n/a
Name of location map SAUK CITY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 850 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07070005
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
.00 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 24919KC35 n/a