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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2008-02-05 2009-05-01
Nutrient Water-quality 2008-02-05 2009-05-01
Physical Water-quality 2008-02-05 2009-05-01
Sediment Water-quality 2008-02-05 2009-05-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2008-01-01 2008-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05586760 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Macoupin County, Illinois. Water data back to 2008 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05586760 n/a
Site name
OTTER LAKE NEAR PALMYRA, IL n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 392746 n/a
DMS longitude 0895404 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.46277778 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.9011111 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
Macoupin County 117
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNENWS29 T12N R7W n/a
Name of location map PALMYRA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 521.57 feet n/a
Method altitude determined G n/a
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07130012
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNYNNYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20071213 n/a
Drainage area
10.94 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 CX400 n/a