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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2023-06-06 2023-12-05
Information Water-quality 2013-11-20 2024-02-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2013-11-20 2024-11-21
Nutrient Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2013-11-20 2024-11-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1925-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Unit Values, Water-quality 2013-11-20 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1926-02-26 2021-06-27
n/a Site Visits 1941-02-08 2024-09-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05515500 is associated with a Stream in Starke County, Indiana. Current conditions of Chlorophyll fluorescence (fChl), Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, and more are available. Water data back to 1925 are available online.

Note: Continuous phycocyanin fluorescence and chlorophyll fluorescence are proxies for algal pigment concentrations. These data are measured relative to a reference level which allows for negative values. Laboratory analysis of discrete samples is needed to eliminate negative values and to calculate algal pigment concentrations. Raw fluorescence data are displayed on this webpage to illustrate relative fluctuations as measured by the sensor.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05515500 n/a
Site name
KANKAKEE RIVER AT DAVIS, IN n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 412322.7 n/a
DMS longitude 0864222.2 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.38963889 n/a
Decimal longitude -86.7061667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Indiana 18
State
Indiana 18
County
Starke County 149
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNES24 T34N R03W 2 n/a
Name of location map KINGSFORD HEIGHT 31A n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 664.34 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .06 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07120001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
542 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 405 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files NYNNNNNN 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 441800100 n/a

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