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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1981-10-06 1989-07-12
Organics, other Water-quality 1988-08-17 1989-07-12
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1988-08-17 1989-07-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1973-07-12 2024-11-08
Sediment Water-quality 1988-08-17 1989-07-12
n/a Peak Measurements 1974-05-16 2023-04-04
n/a Site Visits 1973-07-04 2024-04-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05530990 is associated with a Stream in Cook County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1973 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05530990 n/a
Site name
SALT CREEK AT ROLLING MEADOWS, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 420337.41 n/a
DMS longitude 0880059.97 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.06039167 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.0166583 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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
Cook County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWNWS8 T41N R11E n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 685.96 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
30.5 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 n/a

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