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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1984-10-19 1986-05-07
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1985-05-09 1986-05-07
Nutrient Water-quality 1984-10-19 1986-05-07
Physical Water-quality 1984-10-19 1986-05-07
Sediment Water-quality 1985-01-29 1986-05-07
n/a Site Visits 1973-12-11 2005-07-12
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05406488 is associated with a Stream in Dane County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1973 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05406488 n/a
Site name
BLACK EARTH CR TRIB AT HWY 14 NR CROSS PLAINS, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430705 n/a
DMS longitude 0894058 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.1180494 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.6829001 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
Dane County 025
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 860 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 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 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 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
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 n/a