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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2003-10-29 2024-11-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05443000 is associated with a Stream in Whiteside County, Illinois. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 2003 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05443000 n/a
Site name
ROCK RIVER ABOVE SINNISSIPPI DAM AT ROCK FALLS, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 414713.83 n/a
DMS longitude 0894037.47 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.787175 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.677075 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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
Whiteside County 195
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESWSES22 T21N R7E 4 n/a
Name of location map STERLING n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 629.95 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .05 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 NNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20031029 n/a
Drainage area
8740 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 8740 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 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 00103 n/a

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