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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
Information Water-quality 1981-10-22 1994-09-13
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1976-03-24 1977-02-15
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-11-07 1993-09-01
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1976-04-27 1976-10-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1976-04-27 1976-10-12
Microbiological Water-quality 1976-01-22 1977-02-15
Nutrient Water-quality 1966-11-07 1993-09-01
Organics, other Water-quality 1976-01-22 1977-02-15
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1930-09-10 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1976-02-12 1977-02-15
n/a Peak Measurements 1930-10-08 2023-08-01
n/a Site Visits 1933-04-12 2024-10-15
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05429500 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 1930 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05429500 n/a
Site name
YAHARA RIVER AT MC FARLAND, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 430032 n/a
DMS longitude 0891818 n/a
Decimal latitude 43.00888889 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.305 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 NWSWS03 T06N R10E 4 n/a
Name of location map MADISON EAST, WI n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 839.91 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy .09 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 NNNYNNNNNNYYNYYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
327 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 290.4 square miles 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 249100100 n/a

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