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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2021-07-01 2021-07-01
Information Water-quality 1977-11-16 2021-12-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-10-02 2015-10-05
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1977-11-16 2021-12-15
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1977-12-16 2015-10-05
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1977-12-16 2015-10-05
Microbiological Water-quality 1977-11-16 2021-09-21
Nutrient Water-quality 1977-11-16 2015-10-05
Organics, other Water-quality 1977-11-16 2015-10-05
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2014-02-11 2015-10-05
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1936-10-01 2021-12-15
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2014-02-11 2015-10-05
n/a Site Visits 2010-05-13 2014-08-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2010-01-01 2019-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05537000 is associated with a Stream in Will County, Illinois. Water data back to 1936 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05537000 n/a
Site name
CHICAGO SANITARY AND SHIP CANAL AT LOCKPORT, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413413 n/a
DMS longitude 0880446 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.57027778 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.0794444 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
Will County 197
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESWSWS27 T36N R10E n/a
Name of location map JOLIET n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 579.48 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07120004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
20100312 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20150501 n/a
Drainage area
740 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