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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1979-07-05 1981-05-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-04-03 1981-05-15
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-07-05 1981-05-15
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-07-30 1981-05-15
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1979-07-05 1981-05-15
Nutrient Water-quality 1981-05-15 1981-05-15
Organics, other Water-quality 1980-08-12 1980-08-12
Physical Water-quality 1979-07-05 1981-05-15
Sediment Water-quality 1979-07-05 1981-05-15
n/a Site Visits 1958-09-03 1961-06-27
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05575050 is associated with a Stream in Christian County, Illinois. Water data back to 1958 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05575050 n/a
Site name
BEAR CREEK NEAR PALMER, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 392850 n/a
DMS longitude 0892530 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.4806056 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.4250937 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
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
Christian County 021
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map 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
07130007
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 n/a
Drainage area
60.00 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 n/a