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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1979-04-11 1997-04-08
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-10-15 1997-04-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-04-11 1997-04-08
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1980-10-15 1997-04-08
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1980-06-05 1997-04-08
Microbiological Water-quality 1979-05-08 1997-02-26
Nutrient Water-quality 1979-04-11 1997-04-08
Organics, other Water-quality 1983-09-14 1984-02-22
Physical Water-quality 1979-04-11 1997-04-08
n/a Site Visits 1984-08-15 1990-08-03
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05440520 is associated with a Stream in Winnebago County, Illinois. Water data back to 1979 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05440520 n/a
Site name
KILLBUCK CREEK NEAR NEW MILFORD, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 420936 n/a
DMS longitude 0890432 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.1600233 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.0756585 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
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 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07090006
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 n/a
Drainage area
136.00 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 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