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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1979-01-07 1997-04-22
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-10-23 1997-04-22
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-07-11 1997-03-04
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1980-10-23 1997-04-22
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1980-06-11 1997-04-22
Microbiological Water-quality 1980-04-08 1996-12-17
Nutrient Water-quality 1979-07-11 1997-04-22
Organics, other Water-quality 1985-06-05 1987-10-13
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1939-10-01 2024-11-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1938-06-01 2023-04-04
n/a Site Visits 1941-03-20 2024-07-02
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05444000 is associated with a Stream in Whiteside County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1938 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05444000 n/a
Site name
ELKHORN CREEK NEAR PENROSE, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 415409.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0894147 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.90275 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.6963889 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 SWSES9 T22N R7E n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 657.75 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 n/a
Drainage area
146 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

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