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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1979-07-26 1997-03-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-10-06 1997-03-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-07-26 1997-03-26
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-07-26 1997-03-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1979-07-26 1997-03-26
Microbiological Water-quality 1979-08-14 1997-02-18
Nutrient Water-quality 1979-07-26 1997-03-26
Organics, other Water-quality 1979-07-26 1989-09-21
Physical Water-quality 1979-07-26 1997-03-26
n/a Site Visits 1990-11-06 2012-06-28
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2012-01-01 2012-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05549600 is associated with a Stream in McHenry County, Illinois. Water data back to 1979 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05549600 n/a
Site name
FOX RIVER AT BURTONS BRIDGE, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 421646 n/a
DMS longitude 0881337 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.27944444 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.2269444 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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 NESWSWS19 T44N R9E n/a
Name of location map WAUCONDA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 733.22 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 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 20120626 n/a
Drainage area
1278.00 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 00100 n/a