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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1991-05-01 1994-08-17
Information Water-quality 1991-02-06 1994-08-17
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1991-05-01 1994-05-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1991-02-06 1994-08-17
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1991-05-01 1994-05-02
Nutrient Water-quality 1991-05-01 1994-08-17
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1987-12-22 1994-08-17
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 452755092264600 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Polk County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 1987 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
452755092264600 n/a
Site name
BALSAM LAKE OFF CEDAR ISLAND AT BALSAM LAKE, WI n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 452755 n/a
DMS longitude 0922646 n/a
Decimal latitude 45.4652359 n/a
Decimal longitude -92.4463093 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
Polk County 095
Country US n/a
Land net location description NW SW S2 T34 N R17 W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map 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
07030005
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 445513300 n/a