Butterfield Creek at Flossmoor, IL

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Butterfield Creek at Flossmoor, IL - 05536255

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February 26, 2025 - March 5, 2025

Gage height, feet

6.11 ft - Mar 05, 2025 04:30:00 PM CST

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Mar 05, 2025

16:30:00 PM CST

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Mar 05, 2025

04:30:00 PM CST

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Gage height, ft

low (2000)

3.77 ft

25th percentile

4.2 ft

median

4.32 ft

75th percentile

4.76 ft

mean

4.51 ft

high (2004)

6.89 ft

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-03-05T16:30:00.000-06:00	6.11	Provisional
2025-03-05T16:15:00.000-06:00	6.13	Provisional
2025-03-05T16:00:00.000-06:00	6.16	Provisional
2025-03-05T15:45:00.000-06:00	6.18	Provisional
2025-03-05T15:30:00.000-06:00	6.19	Provisional
2025-03-05T15:15:00.000-06:00	6.22	Provisional
2025-03-05T15:00:00.000-06:00	6.23	Provisional
2025-03-05T14:45:00.000-06:00	6.24	Provisional
2025-03-05T14:30:00.000-06:00	6.25	Provisional
2025-03-05T14:15:00.000-06:00	6.28	Provisional
2025-03-05T14:00:00.000-06:00	6.30	Provisional
2025-03-05T13:45:00.000-06:00	6.30	Provisional
2025-03-05T13:30:00.000-06:00	6.33	Provisional
2025-03-05T13:15:00.000-06:00	6.34	Provisional
2025-03-05T13:00:00.000-06:00	6.36	Provisional
2025-03-05T12:45:00.000-06:00	6.39	Provisional

USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Information	Water-quality	1981-11-05	1983-08-31
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	1948-05-17	2025-03-05
_n/a	Peak Measurements	1948-03-19	2024-04-01
_n/a	Site Visits	1948-05-11	2025-02-11
_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	05536255	_n/a
Site name	BUTTERFIELD CREEK AT FLOSSMOOR, IL	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	413223.5	_n/a
DMS longitude	0873858	_n/a
Decimal latitude	41.5398611	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-87.6494444	_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	NENWS8 T35N R14E	_n/a
Name of location map		_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	616.45 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	Chicago	07120003
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	23.5 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	11200	_n/a

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