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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2013-05-23 2013-08-01
Information Water-quality 1999-07-01 2024-02-29
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2013-08-28 2013-08-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1999-07-01 2024-02-29
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2013-08-28 2013-08-28
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2013-08-28 2013-08-28
Microbiological Water-quality 1999-07-01 1999-07-28
Nutrient Water-quality 2013-01-13 2013-08-28
Organics, other Water-quality 2013-05-09 2013-08-28
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2013-05-09 2013-08-28
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1943-10-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2013-08-28 2013-08-28
Sediment Unit Values, Water-quality 2012-05-11 2024-11-21
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2013-06-06 2013-08-01
n/a Peak Measurements 1944-03-19 2023-03-02
n/a Site Visits 1943-03-17 2024-09-18
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05517000 is associated with a Stream in Starke County, Indiana. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Suspended sediment concentration, and more are available. Water data back to 1943 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05517000 n/a
Site name
YELLOW RIVER AT KNOX, IN n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 411810 n/a
DMS longitude 0863714 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.30279685 n/a
Decimal longitude -86.62053829 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
Indiana 18
State
Indiana 18
County
Starke County 149
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWS14 T33N R02W 2 n/a
Name of location map KNOX EAST 31D n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 679.69 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .32 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07120001
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
435 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
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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