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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2015-04-09 2024-11-08
n/a Site Visits 2015-04-27 2015-04-27
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2015-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05437645 is associated with a Stream in Winnebago County, Illinois. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 2015 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05437645 n/a
Site name
ROCK RIVER ABOVE DAM AT ROCKFORD, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 421559.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0890545.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.26652778 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.0960278 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Winnebago County 201
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNWNWS26 T44N R1E n/a
Name of location map ROCKFORD NORTH n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 700.19 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07090005
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 20150407 n/a
Drainage area
6535 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 00100 n/a

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