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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2006-03-29 2006-08-09
Nutrient Water-quality 2006-03-29 2006-08-09
Physical Water-quality 2006-03-29 2006-08-09
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 420634086000105 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Van Buren County, Michigan. Water data back to 2006 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
420634086000105 n/a
Site name
LAKE OF THE WOODS NR DECATUR, MI 3FT BL LK SURF n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 420634 n/a
DMS longitude 0860001 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.10945657 n/a
Decimal longitude -86.0002393 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
Michigan 26
State
Michigan 26
County
Van Buren County 159
Country US n/a
Land net location description S24 T04S R15W M n/a
Name of location map TWIN LAKES n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 751 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04050001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20010326 n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N 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 244500301 n/a