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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2000-07-26 2000-07-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2000-07-26 2000-07-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2000-07-26 2000-07-26
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2000-07-26 2000-07-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2000-07-26 2000-07-26
Nutrient Water-quality 2000-07-26 2000-07-26
Organics, other Water-quality 2000-07-26 2000-07-26
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1989-10-01 2024-11-08
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2000-07-26 2000-07-26
Sediment Water-quality 2000-07-26 2000-07-26
n/a Peak Measurements 1960-03-31 2023-02-27
n/a Site Visits 1989-09-20 2024-07-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05527950 is associated with a Stream in Lake County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1960 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05527950 n/a
Site name
MILL CREEK AT OLD MILL CREEK, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 422455 n/a
DMS longitude 0875809 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.41527778 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.9691667 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 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Illinois 17
State
Illinois 17
County
Lake County 097
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSES32 T46N R11E n/a
Name of location map WADSWORTH n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 668.14 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .02 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07120004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19920221 n/a
Drainage area
61.0 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 00103 n/a

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