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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2012-06-11 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2012-09-02 2023-05-08
n/a Site Visits 2012-03-13 2024-10-16
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2012-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05590520 is associated with a Stream in Douglas County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2012 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05590520 n/a
Site name
KASKASKIA RIVER BELOW FICKLIN, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 394730.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0882203.9 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.7917222 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.36775 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
Douglas County 041
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSWSWS36 T16N R7E n/a
Name of location map TUSCOLA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 641.87 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .04 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07140201
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20120531 n/a
Drainage area
124.38 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

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