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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
Biological Water-quality 1998-08-04 1998-08-04
Information Water-quality 1982-09-16 1999-11-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1998-08-04 1998-08-04
Nutrient Water-quality 1998-08-04 1999-11-08
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1978-04-01 2024-11-12
Sediment Water-quality 1980-04-17 1980-12-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1978-05-18 1994-03-17
n/a Site Visits 1959-04-09 1994-10-20
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05426031 is associated with a Stream in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Gage height and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1959 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05426031 n/a
Site name
ROCK RIVER AT JEFFERSON, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 425946 n/a
DMS longitude 0884826 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.99611515 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.8073274 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
Jefferson County 055
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESWS11 T06N R14E 4 n/a
Name of location map FORT ATKINSON, WI n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 772.86 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .07 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07090001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNYNNYNNYNYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
1850.00 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
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 445500100 n/a