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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1979-07-06 1983-08-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-03-31 1981-05-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-07-06 1981-05-14
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-08-01 1981-05-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1979-07-06 1981-05-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1981-05-14 1981-05-14
Organics, other Water-quality 1980-08-11 1980-08-11
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1948-01-21 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1979-07-06 1981-05-14
n/a Peak Measurements 1948-07-26 2023-05-08
n/a Site Visits 1960-03-30 2024-11-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05577500 is associated with a Stream in Sangamon County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1948 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05577500 n/a
Site name
SPRING CREEK AT SPRINGFIELD, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 394855.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0894157.9 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.81541667 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.6994167 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 NWNES30 T16N R5W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 523.99 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07130008
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
107 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

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