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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1987-02-23 1989-10-10
Nutrient Water-quality 1987-02-23 1989-10-10
Physical Water-quality 1987-02-23 1989-09-15
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05544386 is associated with a Canal in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1987 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05544386 n/a
Site name
MUSKEGO CANAL A MUSKEGO L OUTLT NEAR WIND LAKE, WI n/a
Site type
Canal
ST-CA
DMS latitude 425108 n/a
DMS longitude 0880752 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.8522379 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.1311993 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
Waukesha County 133
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07120006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
28.30 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 n/a