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BRULE RIVER NR FLORENCE, WI (USGS-04061000) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Michigan Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MI), has the name "BRULE RIVER NR FLORENCE, WI" and has the identifier USGS-04061000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04030106. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 389 sq mi.

This site is located in Iron County County, Michigan at 45.95856448000000 degrees latitude and -88.2659667000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 minutes. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 1210 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Reported method of determination." is 10 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-04061000" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1964 - 1967
Sediment 1964 - 1967
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-MI
OrganizationFormalName USGS Michigan Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-04061000
MonitoringLocationName BRULE RIVER NR FLORENCE, WI
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 04030106
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 389
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 45.95856448000000
LongitudeMeasure -88.2659667000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode minutes
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1210
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Reported method of determination.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 071
ProviderName NWIS