Lake Mendota at Madison, WI - 05428000

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	05428000	_n/a
Site name	LAKE MENDOTA AT MADISON, WI	_n/a
Site type	Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment	LK
DMS latitude	430542	_n/a
DMS longitude	0892212	_n/a
Decimal latitude	43.0949956	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-89.3701184	_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	Dane County	025
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	NWSES12 T07N R09E 4	_n/a
Name of location map	MADISON EAST, WI	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	839.96 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.01 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Middle Rock	07090002
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting	Lake or Swamp	L
Flags for instruments at site	NNYNNNNNNNYYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	233 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area	196.4 square miles	_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	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	249100100	_n/a

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