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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1978-01-18 1997-03-25
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-03-03 1997-03-25
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-01-18 1997-03-25
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-01-18 1997-03-25
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-01-18 1997-03-25
Microbiological Water-quality 1978-06-27 1997-03-25
Nutrient Water-quality 1978-01-18 1997-03-25
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1934-10-01 2024-11-08
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1979-01-01 1981-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1935-01-08 2023-03-26
n/a Site Visits 1939-03-12 2024-08-29
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05466500 is associated with a Stream in Mercer County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1934 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05466500 n/a
Site name
EDWARDS RIVER NEAR NEW BOSTON, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 411113 n/a
DMS longitude 0905802 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.18697738 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.9673663 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 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Illinois 17
State
Illinois 17
County
Mercer County 131
Country US n/a
Land net location description S21 T14N R5W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 529.13 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .09 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07080104
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
445 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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