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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1988-07-28 2023-07-10
Information Water-quality 1978-09-21 2021-12-16
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-10-23 1997-05-07
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-09-21 2021-12-16
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-09-21 1997-05-07
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-09-21 1997-05-07
Microbiological Water-quality 1978-09-21 2021-08-18
Nutrient Water-quality 1978-09-21 1997-05-07
Organics, other Water-quality 1978-09-21 1997-05-07
Physical Water-quality 1978-09-21 2021-12-16
Sediment Water-quality 1988-07-28 1988-07-28
n/a Site Visits 1976-06-01 2013-07-26
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05536700 is associated with a Stream in Cook County, Illinois. Water data back to 1976 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05536700 n/a
Site name
CALUMET SAG CHANNEL NR RT 83 AT SAG BRIDGE, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 414147 n/a
DMS longitude 0875630 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.69638889 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.9416667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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 NWSWNES14 T37N R11E n/a
Name of location map SAG BRIDGE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 551.76 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .01 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 NNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
20111018 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20150501 n/a
Drainage area
391.4 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