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CHICAGO SANITARY AND SHIP CANAL NR LEMONT, IL

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Monitoring location 05536890 is associated with a STREAM in DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Current conditions of DISCHARGE, GAGE HEIGHT, and MEAN WATER VELOCITY FOR DISCHARGE COMPUTATION are available. Water data back to 2004 are available online.

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Unit Values 2007-10-01 2022-08-19
Physical Daily Values, Groundwater Levels, Unit Values 2004-12-08 2022-08-19
n/a Peak Measurements 2005-01-13 2020-05-17
n/a Site Visits 2004-08-25 2021-11-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2021-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05536890 n/a
Site name
CHICAGO SANITARY AND SHIP CANAL NR LEMONT, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 414129 n/a
DMS longitude 0875752 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.69138889 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.9644444 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
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
DuPage County 043
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENESWS15 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 n/a
Method altitude determined G n/a
Altitude accuracy .01 n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Des Plaines 07120004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNYNYNNNNNNNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20040521 n/a
Drainage area
738 n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Savings Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files 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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