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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2012-05-30 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2012-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05551581 is associated with a Stream in Kendall County, Illinois. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 2012 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05551581 n/a
Site name
FOX RIVER TAILWATER AT YORKVILLE, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413834.22 n/a
DMS longitude 0882636.17 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.64283889 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.4433806 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
Kendall County 093
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESWNWS33 T37N R7E n/a
Name of location map YORKVILLE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 562.28 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .03 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07120007
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20120327 n/a
Drainage area
1804 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 00100 n/a

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