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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2000-07-14 2000-07-14
Information Water-quality 2000-07-14 2000-07-14
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2000-07-14 2000-07-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2000-07-14 2000-07-14
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2000-07-14 2000-07-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2000-07-14 2000-07-14
Nutrient Water-quality 2000-07-14 2000-07-14
Organics, other Water-quality 2000-07-14 2000-07-14
Physical Water-quality 2000-07-14 2000-07-14
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2000-07-14 2000-07-14
Sediment Water-quality 2000-07-14 2000-07-14
n/a Site Visits 2000-07-14 2000-07-14
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05530510 is associated with a Stream in Cook County, Illinois. Water data back to 2000 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05530510 n/a
Site name
WILLOW CREEK AT DES PLAINES R RD NR ROSEMONT, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 415924 n/a
DMS longitude 0875136 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.9900302 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.8600638 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
Illinois 17
State
Illinois 17
County
Cook County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSENWS3 T40N R12E 3 n/a
Name of location map RIVER FOREST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 620.0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07120004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20000714 n/a
Drainage area
21.7 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 21.7 square miles 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 11200 n/a