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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 1995-09-14 2002-07-05
Nutrient Daily Values, Water-quality 1987-10-01 2002-09-29
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1995-09-14 2024-11-12
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1995-09-27 2002-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1988-04-08 2004-05-25
n/a Site Visits 1995-09-14 2006-04-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05544385 is associated with a Stream in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Current conditions of Gage height and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1987 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05544385 n/a
Site name
MUSKEGO (BIG MUSKEGO) LAKE OUTLET NR WIND LAKE, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 425109 n/a
DMS longitude 0880750 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.8525 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.1305556 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
Waukesha County 133
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENES33 T5N R20E 4 n/a
Name of location map WATERFORD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 760.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .04 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07120006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
33.9 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 24919KB55 n/a