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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1977-10-11 1997-06-17
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-10-31 1997-04-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-01-03 1997-04-28
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-01-03 1997-04-28
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1977-10-11 1997-04-28
Microbiological Water-quality 1980-04-17 1997-04-28
Nutrient Water-quality 1977-10-11 1997-04-28
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1977-10-11 1997-09-30
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1994-10-01 1997-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1995-05-11 1997-02-21
n/a Site Visits 1984-09-18 1997-10-08
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05420100 is associated with a Stream in Carroll County, Illinois. Water data back to 1977 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05420100 n/a
Site name
PLUM RIVER AT SAVANNA, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 420553 n/a
DMS longitude 0900736 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.09805556 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.1266667 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 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Illinois 17
State
Illinois 17
County
Carroll County 015
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESWS2 T24N R3E n/a
Name of location map SAVANNA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 580.86 feet n/a
Method altitude determined U n/a
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07060005
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19891101 n/a
Drainage area
273 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 273.00 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
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 n/a