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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1994-05-26 1995-10-04
Nutrient Water-quality 1994-05-26 1995-10-04
Physical Unit Values, Water-quality 1994-05-26 2024-11-12
n/a Site Visits 1994-05-26 2024-09-04
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05427905 is associated with a Stream in Dane County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Specific conductance, and more are available. Water data back to 1994 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05427905 n/a
Site name
SIXMILE CREEK AT WOODLAND DRIVE NEAR WAUNAKEE, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430936.26 n/a
DMS longitude 0892555.56 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.1600722 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.4321 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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 NWNES21 T08N R09E 4 n/a
Name of location map WAUNAKEE, WI n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 847.19 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .02 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07090002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
45.4 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 44.3 square miles 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 445517217 n/a