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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.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1998-08-17 2000-07-20
Information Water-quality 1994-07-25 2014-09-21
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1998-08-17 2001-08-09
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1998-08-17 2010-08-13
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1998-08-17 2000-07-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1998-08-17 2001-08-09
Nutrient Water-quality 1994-07-25 2001-08-09
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1998-08-17 1999-08-12
Organics, other Water-quality 1998-08-17 2000-07-20
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1998-08-17 1999-08-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1994-06-13 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1998-08-17 2000-07-20
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1994-06-21 2014-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1995-04-27 2024-04-03
n/a Site Visits 1994-06-14 2024-10-03
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2011-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05548105 is associated with a Stream in McHenry County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1994 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05548105 n/a
Site name
NIPPERSINK CREEK ABOVE WONDER LAKE, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 422307.25 n/a
DMS longitude 0882210.95 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.3853472 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.3697083 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
McHenry County 111
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNENWS13 T45N R7E 3 n/a
Name of location map RICHMOND n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 797.54 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
07120006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNYNNYNNNYYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20090921 n/a
Drainage area
84.5 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 84.5 square miles 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 00103 n/a

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