Fox River Near Mchenry, IL - 05549500

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Active Monitoring Locations

5 km

3 mi

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USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Biological	Water-quality	1988-07-26	2023-11-14
Information	Water-quality	1988-07-26	2023-11-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	1988-07-26	2024-11-19
Microbiological	Water-quality	1988-07-26	1988-07-26
Nutrient	Water-quality	1988-07-26	2023-08-10
Organics, other	Water-quality	1988-07-26	1988-07-26
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	1987-10-01	2025-03-16
Sediment	Water-quality	1988-07-26	2021-08-31
_n/a	Site Visits	1985-03-22	2009-01-02
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2006-01-01	2024-01-01

Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05549500 is associated with a Stream in McHenry County, Illinois. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1985 are available online.

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	05549500	_n/a
Site name	FOX RIVER NEAR MCHENRY, IL	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	421836	_n/a
DMS longitude	0881505	_n/a
Decimal latitude	42.3100222	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-88.2514745	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)	G
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
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	NWSENWS12 T44N R8E 3	_n/a
Name of location map	McHENRY	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	732.83 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.04 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Fox	07120006
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	1250 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	441700103	_n/a