DU Page River at Shorewood, IL

On 8/12/2021, the gage datum was decreased by 10 feet and gage height values were increased by 10 feet to prevent negative gage heights due to the removal of Hammel Woods Dam.

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Location details and information

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	Des Plaines	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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