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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1981-10-06 1984-06-13
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1950-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1951-02-19 2023-03-31
n/a Site Visits 1971-06-21 2024-09-09
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05530000 is associated with a Stream in Cook County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1950 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05530000 n/a
Site name
WELLER CREEK AT DES PLAINES, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 420258 n/a
DMS longitude 0875505 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.04947275 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.918123 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Illinois 17
State
Illinois 17
County
Cook County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNWS18 T41N R12E n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 633.53 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .01 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 NNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
13.2 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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