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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2009-10-28 2018-09-17
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2009-10-28 2024-11-21
Nutrient Water-quality 2009-10-28 2018-09-17
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2009-10-02 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 2009-10-28 2013-04-18
n/a Peak Measurements 2015-05-26 2023-07-28
n/a Site Visits 1974-11-11 2024-10-03
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2010-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05406479 is associated with a Stream in Dane County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 1974 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05406479 n/a
Site name
BLACK EARTH CK NR TREATMENT PLNT @ CROSS PLAINS,WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430653 n/a
DMS longitude 0893951 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.1147222 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.6641667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
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
Dane County 025
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENES4 T7N R7E 4 n/a
Name of location map CROSS PLAINS n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 851.10 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
07070005
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNYNNYNNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20091022 n/a
Drainage area
26.6 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 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 2491BQY43 n/a