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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
Information Unit Values, Water-quality 1989-03-22 2024-11-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1989-03-22 2024-11-21
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2004-09-08 2009-12-09
Microbiological Water-quality 1999-06-29 1999-07-27
Nutrient Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1989-03-22 2024-11-21
Organics, other Water-quality 2004-09-08 2009-12-09
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1989-03-22 1989-10-16
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1923-04-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Unit Values, Water-quality 1963-10-26 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1923-03-13 2023-04-06
n/a Site Visits 1931-08-12 2024-09-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05518000 is associated with a Stream in Newton County, Indiana. Current conditions of DCP battery voltage, Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, and more are available. Water data back to 1923 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05518000 n/a
Site name
KANKAKEE RIVER AT SHELBY, IN n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 411058 n/a
DMS longitude 0872025 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.1828134 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.3403096 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
Newton County 111
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNES33 T32N R08W 2 n/a
Name of location map SHELBY 41B n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 627.94 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy .01 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 YNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 192210 n/a
Drainage area
1779 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 YYNNNNNN 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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