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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	04026005	n/a
Location name	BOIS BRULE RIVER NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR, WI	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	46.70553742854396	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-91.6021071411826	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
District	Wisconsin	55
State	Wisconsin	55
County	Douglas County	031
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	697 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model	N
Altitude accuracy	1 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Beartrap-Nemadji	04010301
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	181 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	CST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	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