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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 1981-07-23 1997-07-14
Information Water-quality 1978-09-18 1997-07-14
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-02-19 1997-07-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-09-18 1997-07-14
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1980-01-02 1997-07-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-09-18 1997-07-14
Microbiological Water-quality 1979-02-21 1997-04-29
Nutrient Water-quality 1978-09-18 1997-07-14
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1997-07-14 1997-07-14
Organics, other Water-quality 1981-02-17 1997-07-14
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1997-07-14 1997-07-14
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1944-10-01 1997-07-14
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1997-07-14 1997-07-14
Sediment Water-quality 1997-07-14 1997-07-14
n/a Peak Measurements 1929-07-06 1992-07-08
n/a Site Visits 1985-10-28 1992-07-09
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05580500 is associated with a Stream in Logan County, Illinois. Water data back to 1929 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05580500 n/a
Site name
KICKAPOO CREEK NEAR LINCOLN, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 401130 n/a
DMS longitude 0892140 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.19170945 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.3612071 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
Logan County 107
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWS18 T20N R2W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 557.08 feet n/a
Method altitude determined U n/a
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 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
306 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