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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1998-08-19 2023-04-02
Information Water-quality 1997-02-26 2009-09-22
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1997-02-26 2001-08-23
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1997-02-26 2009-09-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1998-08-19 1998-08-19
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1997-02-26 2001-08-23
Microbiological Water-quality 2009-09-22 2009-09-22
Nutrient Water-quality 1997-02-26 2004-08-04
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1998-08-19 1998-08-19
Organics, other Water-quality 1997-02-26 1998-09-17
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1997-02-26 2004-08-04
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1903-04-01 2009-09-22
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1998-08-19 1998-08-19
Sediment Water-quality 1997-02-26 2004-08-04
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05553500 is associated with a Stream in LaSalle County, Illinois. Water data back to 1903 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05553500 n/a
Site name
ILLINOIS RIVER AT OTTAWA, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 412017 n/a
DMS longitude 0885110 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.3380892 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.8528549 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
LaSalle County 099
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWS11 T33N R3E n/a
Name of location map OTTAWA, ILL n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 579.48 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Reported method of determination. R
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07130001
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 19980801 n/a
Drainage area
10949 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 10949.0 square miles 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 11200 n/a