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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1959-10-01 1980-10-06
n/a Peak Measurements 1943-05-01 1980-03-30
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05586800 is associated with a Stream in Macoupin County, Illinois. Water data back to 1943 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05586800 n/a
Site name
OTTER CREEK NEAR PALMYRA, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 392246 n/a
DMS longitude 0895651 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.37944444 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.9475 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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 SESES23 T11N R8W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 544.30 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
07130012
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
61.1 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