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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1983-10-07 2023-07-29
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1983-11-02 1993-07-29
Nutrient Daily Values, Water-quality 1983-10-07 2023-12-05
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1983-11-02 2024-11-21
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1983-11-02 2023-12-05
n/a Peak Measurements 1994-02-20 2023-02-27
n/a Site Visits 1972-11-28 2024-07-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05431016 is associated with a Stream in Walworth County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1972 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05431016 n/a
Site name
JACKSON CREEK AT MOUND ROAD NEAR ELKHORN, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 423827 n/a
DMS longitude 0883339 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.6408333 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.5608333 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
Walworth County 127
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWS12 T02N R16E 4 n/a
Name of location map ELKHORN, WI n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 919.84 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS1 - Level 1 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System W
Altitude accuracy .06 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 NNYNNNYNNNYYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
16.8 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
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 24919KB33 n/a