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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1995-05-11 2024-10-10
n/a Peak Measurements 1995-05-19 2023-05-09
n/a Site Visits 1995-05-05 2024-10-03
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05590950 is associated with a Stream in Douglas County, Illinois. Water data back to 1995 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05590950 n/a
Site name
KASKASKIA RIVER AT CHESTERVILLE, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 394210.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0882315.9 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.7028333 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.38775 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 SENWS35 T15N R7E n/a
Name of location map ARTHUR n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 599.73 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .01 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 NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19960318 n/a
Drainage area
358 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 001 n/a

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