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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1997-11-08 2000-07-19
Nutrient Water-quality 1997-11-08 2000-07-19
Physical Water-quality 1997-11-08 2000-07-19
Sediment Water-quality 1999-04-09 1999-09-16
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05545129 is associated with a Stream in Walworth County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1997 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05545129 n/a
Site name
FONTANA CREEK SITE D2 AT FONTANA, WI n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 423237 n/a
DMS longitude 0883440 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.54362787 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.5778785 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
Walworth County 127
Country US n/a
Land net location description NW SW S14 T1N R16E 4 n/a
Name of location map WALWORTH n/a
Scale of location map 24000 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
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 445517314 n/a