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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1988-07-26 1988-07-26
Information Water-quality 1976-10-27 1997-04-30
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1976-10-27 1997-04-30
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1976-10-27 1997-04-30
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1976-10-27 1997-04-30
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1976-10-27 1997-04-30
Microbiological Water-quality 1980-11-18 1997-02-21
Nutrient Water-quality 1976-10-27 1997-04-30
Organics, other Water-quality 1980-10-29 1990-05-17
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1945-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1979-03-07 1988-07-26
n/a Peak Measurements 1946-01-11 2023-03-03
n/a Site Visits 1945-09-27 2024-09-20
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05528000 is associated with a Stream in Lake County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1945 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05528000 n/a
Site name
DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 422038 n/a
DMS longitude 0875628 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.34388889 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.9411111 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. 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 SESWS27 T45N R11E n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 650.07 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 NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
232 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 00100 n/a

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