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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2006-12-26 2011-07-07
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2006-04-26 2011-10-02
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 2006-05-26 2011-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 2006-09-12 2011-04-22
n/a Site Visits 2006-03-31 2011-12-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2011-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05587480 is associated with a Stream in Madison 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
05587480 n/a
Site name
PIASA CREEK NEAR MELVILLE, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 385728 n/a
DMS longitude 0901618 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.95777778 n/a
Decimal longitude -90.2716667 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
Madison County 119
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWSWS19 T6N R11W 4 n/a
Name of location map ELSAH n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07110009
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20060425 n/a
Drainage area
102.54 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 00100 n/a