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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2017-11-16 2024-11-08
Information Water-quality 1982-03-26 2024-02-21
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1982-03-26 1997-05-06
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1982-03-26 2024-11-08
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1982-03-26 2023-07-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1981-03-26 2023-07-20
Microbiological Water-quality 1982-03-26 2021-09-21
Nutrient Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1982-03-26 2024-11-08
Organics, other Water-quality 1982-03-26 2022-12-19
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2022-08-29 2022-12-19
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1982-03-26 2024-11-08
Sediment Water-quality 2018-02-20 2023-08-08
n/a Peak Measurements 2005-02-14 2023-07-02
n/a Site Visits 1996-07-18 2024-09-18
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05537980 is associated with a Stream in Will County, Illinois. Current conditions of Chlorophylls, Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, and more are available. Water data back to 1981 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05537980 n/a
Site name
DES PLAINES RIVER AT ROUTE 53 AT JOLIET, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413211.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0880501.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.5364722 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.0836944 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
Will County 197
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENENES9 T35N R10E n/a
Name of location map JOLIET n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface -0.28 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
07120004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNYNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20151001 n/a
Drainage area
1502 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

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