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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2016-07-14 2016-07-14
Nutrient Water-quality 2016-07-14 2016-07-14
Sediment Water-quality 2016-07-14 2016-07-14
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 463859090385701 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Ashland County, Wisconsin. Water data back to 2016 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
463859090385701 n/a
Site name
LAKE SUPERIOR 0.8 MI N OF BAD RIVER MOUTH, WI n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 463858.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0903856.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 46.6496944 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.6490833 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Wisconsin 55
State
Wisconsin 55
County
Ashland County 003
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNESWS8 T48N R2W 4 n/a
Name of location map CHEQUAMEGON POINT n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 601.1 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Reported method of determination. R
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
International Great Lakes Datum IGLD
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04020300
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 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files Y 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 GC16NK-9KO32 n/a