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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1974-10-01 2024-10-10
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 442400084472801 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Roscommon County, Michigan. Water data back to 1974 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
442400084472801 n/a
Site name
HOUGHTON LAKE NR HOUGHTON LAKE HEIGHTS, MI n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 442416 n/a
DMS longitude 0844728 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.40446028 n/a
Decimal longitude -84.7911411 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 min. M
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
Roscommon County 143
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNWS10 T23N R04W M n/a
Name of location map MEADS LANDING n/a
Scale of location map 25000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1129.61 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Reported method of determination. R
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04060102
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNYNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
222 square miles 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 YYNNNNNN 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 442600100 n/a