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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1989-10-24 2021-09-20
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1990-07-10 2005-07-11
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1967-04-26 2021-09-20
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1990-07-10 2005-07-11
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1990-07-10 2005-07-11
Microbiological Water-quality 1989-10-24 2021-09-20
Nutrient Water-quality 1967-04-26 2021-09-20
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1964-07-28 2021-09-20
Sediment Water-quality 1973-08-21 2021-09-20
n/a Peak Measurements 1961-03-25 1993-07-05
n/a Site Visits 1961-08-06 2016-05-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2009-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05427800 is associated with a Stream in Dane County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1961 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05427800 n/a
Site name
TOKEN CREEK NEAR MADISON, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 431052 n/a
DMS longitude 0891928 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.1811043 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.3245612 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 SW SW S4 T8N R10E 4 n/a
Name of location map DE FOREST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 865 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
07090001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNYNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
24.30 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 445517209 n/a