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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2009-04-17 2024-11-08
n/a Peak Measurements 2009-05-16 2023-02-23
n/a Site Visits 2009-04-23 2024-10-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05536162 is associated with a Stream in Will County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2009 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05536162 n/a
Site name
PLUM CREEK NEAR CRETE, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 412608.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0873417.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.43569444 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.5715833 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
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
Will County 197
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWSWS13 T34N R14E n/a
Name of location map DYER n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 650.42 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
07120003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20090417 n/a
Drainage area
18.70 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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