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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2012-08-14 2023-09-15
Information Water-quality 1995-06-22 2023-10-02
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2022-07-14 2022-10-03
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2010-04-22 2020-08-12
Microbiological Water-quality 2010-04-22 2020-08-12
Nutrient Daily Values, Water-quality 1976-07-28 2023-10-02
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1976-02-17 2024-11-12
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1976-02-17 2020-08-12
n/a Peak Measurements 2013-03-11 2023-02-28
n/a Site Visits 1967-08-13 2024-10-02
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2010-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05427930 is associated with a Stream in Dane County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Mean water velocity for discharge computation, and more are available. Water data back to 1967 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05427930 n/a
Site name
DORN (SPRING) CREEK AT CT HIGHWAY M NR WAUNAKEE,WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430825.0 n/a
DMS longitude 0892632.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.14027778 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.4423056 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
Dane County 025
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENESES9 T8N R9E 4 n/a
Name of location map WAUNAKEE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 839.77 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
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
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNYNNNNNNNYNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
12.6 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 24919KP58 n/a