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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Unit Values 2018-03-23 2024-11-21
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Monitoring location 04092977 is associated with a Stream in Lake County, Indiana. Current conditions of Gage height and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 2018 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04092977 n/a
Site name
TURKEY CREEK AT 61ST AV AT MERRILLVILLE, IN n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413026.8 n/a
DMS longitude 0871925.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.50744444 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.32375 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 (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Indiana 18
State
Indiana 18
County
Lake County 089
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSES3 T35N R8W n/a
Name of location map GARY 15D n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 598.27 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .08 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04040001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
36.4 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files 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
Project number n/a

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