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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1981-11-03 1983-08-30
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1951-07-01 2024-11-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1951-09-27 2023-07-05
n/a Site Visits 1953-06-10 2024-07-11
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05537500 is associated with a Stream in Cook County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1951 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05537500 n/a
Site name
LONG RUN NEAR LEMONT, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413833.4 n/a
DMS longitude 0875957.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.6426111 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.9993611 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 SWSES32 T37N R11E n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 636.95 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .06 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 YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
20.9 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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