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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1988-02-16 2002-08-07
Information Water-quality 1988-02-16 2002-08-07
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1996-05-07 2002-04-10
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1988-02-16 2002-08-07
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1992-04-09 1992-04-09
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1996-05-07 2002-04-10
Nutrient Water-quality 1988-02-16 2002-08-07
Physical Water-quality 1988-02-16 2002-08-07
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 425344088070100 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1988 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
425344088070100 n/a
Site name
MUSKEGO (BIG MUSKEGO) LK @ BASS BAY NR MUSKEGO, WI n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 425344 n/a
DMS longitude 0880701 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.89557064 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.11703279 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 SW NE S15 T5N R20E 4 n/a
Name of location map HALES CORNERS 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 YYYYNNNN 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