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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1979-06-14 2018-02-28
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-10-01 1997-05-06
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-06-14 1997-05-06
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-06-14 1997-05-06
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1979-06-14 1997-05-06
Microbiological Water-quality 1979-06-14 1997-05-06
Nutrient Water-quality 1979-06-14 1997-05-06
Organics, other Water-quality 1979-06-14 1990-05-11
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1944-10-01 2024-11-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1902-01-01 2023-07-12
n/a Site Visits 1944-03-15 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 05539000 is associated with a Stream in Will County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1902 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05539000 n/a
Site name
HICKORY CREEK AT JOLIET, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413053 n/a
DMS longitude 0880424 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.5147222 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.0733333 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
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 SENESWS15 T35N R10E 3 n/a
Name of location map Joliet n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 505.71 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .03 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 NNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20031001 n/a
Drainage area
107.5 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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