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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2006-10-10 2015-08-07
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2006-10-10 2013-12-09
Nutrient Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2006-10-10 2015-07-15
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2006-10-01 2015-10-01
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 2006-10-01 2015-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 2007-03-01 2015-07-08
n/a Site Visits 2006-10-10 2015-10-02
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2008-01-01 2016-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05579620 is associated with a Stream in McLean County, Illinois. Water data back to 2006 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05579620 n/a
Site name
KICKAPOO CREEK TRIBUTARY NEAR BLOOMINGTON, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 402822 n/a
DMS longitude 0885247 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.47277778 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.8797222 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
McLean County 113
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWNWS9 T23N R3E 3 n/a
Name of location map BLOOMINGTON EAST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 785.66 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07130009
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNYNNNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20151001 n/a
Drainage area
3.80 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 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 003BL n/a