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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2012-10-28 2014-10-14
Microbiological Water-quality 2012-10-28 2014-10-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2012-10-01 2014-10-01
n/a Peak Measurements 2013-04-11 2014-03-03
n/a Site Visits 1962-03-25 2014-10-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2013-01-01 2014-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05426060 is associated with a Stream in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1962 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05426060 n/a
Site name
BARK RIVER AT COUNTY TRUNK HIGHWAY K NR MERTON, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430749.8 n/a
DMS longitude 0881952.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.1305 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.3313056 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
Waukesha County 133
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESWNES26 T8N R18E 4 n/a
Name of location map MERTON n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 928 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 4.3 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07090002
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
30.2 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 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 24919KP46 n/a