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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
Microbiological Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
Nutrient Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
Organics, other Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1988-07-29 2024-11-20
Sediment Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
n/a Site Visits 2000-02-25 2011-07-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05531175 is associated with a Stream in DuPage County, Illinois. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1988 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05531175 n/a
Site name
SALT CREEK AT WOOD DALE, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 415750.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0875903.0 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.96413889 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.9841667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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
DuPage County 043
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESWSES9 T40N R11E 3 n/a
Name of location map ELMHURST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 663.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .05 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 19991007 n/a
Drainage area
74.7 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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