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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1994-06-15 1994-06-15
Information Water-quality 1994-05-19 1994-07-25
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1994-05-19 1994-07-25
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1994-05-19 1994-07-25
Nutrient Water-quality 1994-05-19 1994-07-25
Physical Water-quality 1994-05-19 1994-07-25
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 425235088075300 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1994 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
425235088075300 n/a
Site name
BIG MUSKEGO LAKE-RESEARCH BASE-NEAR MUSKEGO, WI n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 425235 n/a
DMS longitude 0880753 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.87640418 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.1314774 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 NE SE S21 T5N R20E 4 n/a
Name of location map MUSKEGO n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 771 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
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
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 445513300 n/a