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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2010-08-26 2010-08-26
Information Water-quality 1978-03-15 2010-08-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-03-04 1997-04-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-03-15 2010-08-26
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-03-15 1997-04-16
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-03-15 1997-04-16
Microbiological Water-quality 1980-04-23 1997-04-16
Nutrient Water-quality 1978-03-15 2010-08-26
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1944-03-01 2024-11-08
Sediment Water-quality 1981-05-12 1981-05-12
n/a Peak Measurements 1944-04-11 2023-02-23
n/a Site Visits 1944-02-28 2024-06-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05495500 is associated with a Stream in Adams County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1944 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05495500 n/a
Site name
BEAR CREEK NEAR MARCELLINE, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 400834.16 n/a
DMS longitude 0912014.53 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.1428222 n/a
Decimal longitude -91.3373694 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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
Adams County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description S20 T2N R8W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 504.24 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07110001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20160524 n/a
Drainage area
349 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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