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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 1975-10-20 1977-07-26
Information Water-quality 1975-10-20 2024-03-05
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1974-07-17 2005-07-11
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-07-12 2022-08-23
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1976-04-28 2005-07-11
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1974-07-17 2005-07-11
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-07-12 2022-08-23
Nutrient Daily Values, Water-quality 1974-07-17 2024-01-11
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-10-08 1977-08-31
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1974-07-01 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1975-10-20 1977-07-26
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1974-07-02 2024-01-11
n/a Peak Measurements 1975-03-21 2023-02-27
n/a Site Visits 1987-11-16 2024-10-31
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05427948 is associated with a Stream in Dane County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1974 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05427948 n/a
Site name
PHEASANT BRANCH AT MIDDLETON, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430612 n/a
DMS longitude 0893042 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.1033333 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.5116667 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 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 NENWS11 T7N R8E 4 n/a
Name of location map MIDDLETON n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 901.31 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07090001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNYNNYNNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
18.3 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 17.08 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 24919KP41 n/a