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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2007-05-31 2008-05-13
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2007-05-31 2008-05-13
Nutrient Water-quality 2007-05-31 2008-05-13
Physical Water-quality 2007-05-31 2008-05-13
Sediment Water-quality 2007-05-31 2008-05-13
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2008-01-01 2008-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 040874087 is associated with a Wetland in Lake County, Illinois. Water data back to 2007 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
040874087 n/a
Site name
DEAD RIVER AT MOUTH NEAR WAUKEGAN, IL n/a
Site type
Wetland
WE
DMS latitude 422432 n/a
DMS longitude 0874812 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.40888889 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.8033333 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Illinois 17
State
Illinois 17
County
Lake County 097
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESWNWS2 T45N R12E n/a
Name of location map ZION n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 581.84 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .05 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04040002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20070531 n/a
Drainage area
11.03 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files 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 D0T00 n/a