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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1981-07-23 1981-12-02
Information Water-quality 1979-04-09 1997-04-28
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-03-05 1997-04-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-04-09 1997-04-28
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1980-01-17 1997-04-28
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1979-04-09 1997-04-28
Microbiological Water-quality 1979-05-03 1997-04-28
Nutrient Water-quality 1979-04-09 1997-04-28
Organics, other Water-quality 1979-04-09 1997-04-28
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1979-04-09 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2010-05-18 2023-05-08
n/a Site Visits 2010-04-01 2024-11-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2012-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05576250 is associated with a Stream in Sangamon County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1979 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05576250 n/a
Site name
SUGAR CREEK NEAR SPRINGFIELD, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 394644.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0893533.1 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.77913889 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.5925278 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
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
Sangamon County 167
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNWSWS6 T15N R4E n/a
Name of location map SPRINGFIELD EAST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 510.44 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .05 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07130007
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20100401 n/a
Drainage area
274 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

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