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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1981-11-04 1983-08-31
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1949-05-17 2024-12-22
n/a Peak Measurements 1949-12-22 2023-03-31
n/a Site Visits 1954-10-11 2024-12-17
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05536215 is associated with a Stream in Cook County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1949 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05536215 n/a
Site name
THORN CREEK AT GLENWOOD, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413148.8 n/a
DMS longitude 0873721.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.5302222 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.6225833 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
Cook County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSES9 T35N R14E n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 610.89 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 NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
24.7 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 n/a

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