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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2003-11-07 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2004-07-16 2022-07-23
n/a Site Visits 2004-03-05 2024-11-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05428500 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 2003 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05428500 n/a
Site name
YAHARA RIVER AT EAST MAIN STREET AT MADISON, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430522 n/a
DMS longitude 0892139 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.08944444 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.3608333 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 NESWNWS7 T7N R10E 4 n/a
Name of location map MADISON EAST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 839.95 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .06 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07090001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
235 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 198.4 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 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 249100100 n/a

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