Gage height data collection will be discontinued Sep. 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.
| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information | Water-quality | 2023-07-26 | 2024-03-05 |
| Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 2023-07-26 | 2023-07-26 |
| Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Unit Values, Water-quality | 2023-07-26 | 2024-11-09 |
| Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals | Water-quality | 2023-07-26 | 2023-07-26 |
| Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 2023-07-26 | 2023-07-26 |
| Microbiological | Water-quality | 2023-08-09 | 2024-03-05 |
| Nutrient | Unit Values, Water-quality | 2023-07-26 | 2024-12-31 |
| Organics, other | Water-quality | 2023-07-26 | 2023-07-26 |
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1986-10-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 2023-03-08 | 2024-11-20 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2014-01-01 | 2017-01-01 |
Monitoring location 05587498 is associated with a Stream in Madison County, Illinois. Current conditions of Gage height and Nitrate plus nitrite are available. Water data back to 1986 are available online.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
05587498 | n/a |
|
Site name
|
Mississippi River Pool Lock and Dam 26 at Alton,IL | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 385314.3 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 0901102.4 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 38.88730556 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -90.184 | n/a |
|
Latitude-longitude method
|
Interpolated from Digital MAP. | N |
|
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
|
Missouri | 29 |
|
State
|
Illinois | 17 |
|
County
|
Madison County | 119 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | n/a | |
| Name of location map | ALTON | n/a |
| Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 399.66 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System | X |
| Altitude accuracy | .17 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
|
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
07110009 | |
|
Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
|
Topographic setting
|
n/a | |
| Flags for instruments at site | NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
|
Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
| Date site established or inventoried | n/a | |
|
Drainage area
|
n/a | |
| Contributing drainage area | n/a | |
| Time Zone abbreviation | CST | n/a |
|
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
|
Y | 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 |
