North Branch Chicago River at Niles, IL

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North Branch Chicago River at Niles, IL - 05536000

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February 23, 2025 - March 2, 2025

Gage height, feet

1.28 ft - Mar 02, 2025 02:30:00 PM CST

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1.28 ft

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Mar 02, 2025

14:30:00 PM CST

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1.28 ft

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Mar 02, 2025

02:30:00 PM CST

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Gage height, ft

low (2003)

1.02 ft

25th percentile

1.75 ft

median

2.06 ft

75th percentile

3.86 ft

mean

2.71 ft

high (2007)

6.81 ft

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-03-02T14:30:00.000-06:00	1.28	Provisional
2025-03-02T14:15:00.000-06:00	1.29	Provisional
2025-03-02T14:00:00.000-06:00	1.29	Provisional
2025-03-02T13:45:00.000-06:00	1.30	Provisional
2025-03-02T13:30:00.000-06:00	1.30	Provisional
2025-03-02T13:15:00.000-06:00	1.30	Provisional
2025-03-02T13:00:00.000-06:00	1.31	Provisional
2025-03-02T12:45:00.000-06:00	1.31	Provisional
2025-03-02T12:30:00.000-06:00	1.32	Provisional
2025-03-02T12:15:00.000-06:00	1.32	Provisional
2025-03-02T12:00:00.000-06:00	1.32	Provisional
2025-03-02T11:45:00.000-06:00	1.33	Provisional
2025-03-02T11:30:00.000-06:00	1.33	Provisional
2025-03-02T11:15:00.000-06:00	1.33	Provisional
2025-03-02T11:00:00.000-06:00	1.33	Provisional
2025-03-02T10:45:00.000-06:00	1.34	Provisional

USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Biological	Water-quality	1988-07-27	1990-07-28
Information	Water-quality	1978-09-13	1997-04-29
Inorganics, Major, Metals	Water-quality	1980-10-09	1997-04-29
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals	Water-quality	1978-09-13	1997-04-29
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals	Water-quality	1978-09-13	1997-04-29
Inorganics, Minor, metals	Water-quality	1978-09-13	1997-04-29
Microbiological	Water-quality	1978-09-13	1997-04-29
Nutrient	Water-quality	1978-09-13	1997-04-29
Organics, other	Water-quality	1978-09-13	1997-04-29
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	1950-10-01	2025-03-02
Sediment	Daily Values, Water-quality	1984-10-11	1989-08-01
_n/a	Peak Measurements	1951-05-11	2024-07-17
_n/a	Site Visits	1970-03-06	2024-11-25
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2006-01-01	2024-01-01

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	05536000	_n/a
Site name	NORTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER AT NILES, IL	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	420044	_n/a
DMS longitude	0874745	_n/a
Decimal latitude	42.0122222	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-87.7958333	_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 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	SWSES30 T41N R13E	_n/a
Name of location map		_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	601.49 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.09 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Chicago	07120003
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	100 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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