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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2010-10-26 2010-10-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2011-06-28 2011-06-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2011-06-28 2011-06-28
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2011-06-28 2011-06-28
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2011-06-28 2011-06-28
Nutrient Water-quality 2011-06-28 2011-06-28
Organics, other Water-quality 2010-10-26 2010-10-26
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2010-10-26 2010-10-26
Physical Water-quality 2011-06-28 2011-06-28
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2011-06-28 2011-06-28
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05549070 is associated with a Stream in McHenry County, Illinois. Water data back to 2010 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05549070 n/a
Site name
UNNAMED TRIBUTARY AT BEACH RD AT MCHENRY, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 422049 n/a
DMS longitude 0881746 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.3469658 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.296199 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
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 SWNWSWS27 T45N R8E n/a
Name of location map MCHENRY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 754 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 2.5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07120006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20100913 n/a
Drainage area
3.21 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 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 E6N00 n/a