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PHEASANT BRANCH AT MOUTH AT MIDDLETON, WI (USGS-05427952) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center (identifier USGS-WI), has the name "PHEASANT BRANCH AT MOUTH AT MIDDLETON, WI" and has the identifier USGS-05427952. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07090002. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 24.50 sq mi.

This site is located in Dane County County, Wisconsin at 43.10607834000000 degrees latitude and -89.4837316000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 849 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 5 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1975 - 1977
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria, Periphyton 1976 - 1977
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1976 - 1977
Biological, Counts 1977 - 1977
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1976 - 1977
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1974 - 1977
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1974 - 1977
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1974 - 1977
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1976 - 1976
Microbiological 1974 - 1977
Nutrient 1974 - 1995
Organics, Other 1974 - 1977
Physical 1974 - 2008
Sediment 1974 - 2008
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-WI
OrganizationFormalName USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-05427952
MonitoringLocationName PHEASANT BRANCH AT MOUTH AT MIDDLETON, WI
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07090002
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 24.50
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 43.10607834000000
LongitudeMeasure -89.4837316000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 849
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 025
ProviderName NWIS