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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.

Data collection will be discontinued Sept. 30, 2024, due to loss of funding. Please contact the Central Midwest Water Science Center, Gary Johnson (gjohnson@usgs.gov) if you have an interest in continuance and/or support of data collection activities at this site.

Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1996-10-22 1996-10-22
Information Water-quality 1977-10-26 1998-10-21
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-02-19 1997-05-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1977-10-26 1997-05-08
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-02-15 1997-05-08
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-02-15 1997-05-08
Microbiological Water-quality 1977-10-26 1997-05-08
Nutrient Water-quality 1977-10-26 1997-05-08
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1996-10-22 1996-10-22
Organics, other Water-quality 1986-02-13 1997-05-08
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1996-10-22 1996-10-22
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1977-10-26 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1996-10-22 1996-10-22
Sediment Water-quality 1996-10-22 1998-10-21
n/a Site Visits 1997-09-29 1998-10-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05587060 is associated with a Stream in Calhoun County, Illinois. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1977 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05587060 n/a
Site name
ILLINOIS RIVER AT HARDIN, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 390936.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0903657.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.16016667 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.6160556 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
Calhoun County 013
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNWS26 T10S R2W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 399.81 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .02 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07130011
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
28690 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 28690.00 square miles 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 00100 n/a

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