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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1992-10-07 1994-09-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1992-09-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1993-06-30 2023-04-04
n/a Site Visits 1992-08-14 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 05438283 is associated with a Stream in Walworth County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1992 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05438283 n/a
Site name
PISCASAW CREEK NEAR WALWORTH, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 423118 n/a
DMS longitude 0883939 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.52166667 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.6608333 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 NENES25 T1N R15E 4 n/a
Name of location map SHARON n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 928.39 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
07090006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNYNNNYNNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
9.58 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 249100100 n/a

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