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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1987-09-22 1990-07-11
Information Water-quality 1977-11-14 2021-12-14
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-10-15 1997-04-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1977-11-14 2021-12-14
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-10-07 1997-04-04
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1970-10-07 1997-04-04
Microbiological Water-quality 1977-11-14 2021-09-20
Nutrient Water-quality 1977-11-14 1998-07-29
Organics, other Water-quality 1977-11-14 1990-09-12
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1994-03-30 2002-09-25
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1940-10-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1987-04-09 1990-05-03
Sediment Water-quality 1987-04-09 1990-08-09
n/a Peak Measurements 1941-03-11 2023-07-13
n/a Site Visits 1948-03-19 2024-11-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05540500 is associated with a Stream in Will County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1940 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05540500 n/a
Site name
DU PAGE RIVER AT SHOREWOOD, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413120.29 n/a
DMS longitude 0881134.33 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.52230278 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.1928694 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 SESWS10 T35N R9E n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 554.73 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .10 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 20151001 n/a
Drainage area
324 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 001 n/a

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