Yahara River @ Forton Street Bridge @ Stoughton,wi - 05429700

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USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values	2003-11-27	2025-03-08
_n/a	Peak Measurements	2013-04-19	2023-03-08
_n/a	Site Visits	2004-10-21	2024-10-22
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2006-01-01	2023-01-01

Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05429700 is associated with a Stream in Dane County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 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	05429700	_n/a
Site name	YAHARA RIVER @ FORTON STREET BRIDGE @ STOUGHTON,WI	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	425511	_n/a
DMS longitude	0891313	_n/a
Decimal latitude	42.9197239	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-89.2203937	_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 1927	NAD27
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	SWSES05 T05N R11E 4	_n/a
Name of location map	STOUGHTON, WI	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	834.80 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	Z
Altitude accuracy	.10 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Middle Rock	07090002
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	407 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area	370.4 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		_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