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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
Information Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
Microbiological Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
Nutrient Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
Organics, other Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
Physical Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
Sediment Water-quality 1988-07-29 1988-07-29
n/a Site Visits 2012-06-26 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 05551937 is associated with a Stream in Kendall County, Illinois. Water data back to 1988 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05551937 n/a
Site name
BIG ROCK CREEK AT FOX RIVER ROAD NEAR PLANO, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 413828 n/a
DMS longitude 0883215 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.6411111 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.5375 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
Kendall County 093
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESENWS34 T 37N R 6E n/a
Name of location map PLANO n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07120007
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
116.7 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 n/a