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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1977-10-03 2021-12-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1979-07-11 1997-04-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-05-22 2021-12-15
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-05-22 1997-04-08
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-05-22 1997-04-08
Microbiological Water-quality 1978-07-26 2021-09-15
Nutrient Water-quality 1977-10-03 1997-04-08
Organics, other Water-quality 1981-08-27 1997-04-08
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1908-02-26 2024-11-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1908-05-06 2023-03-26
n/a Site Visits 1957-07-02 2024-10-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05592500 is associated with a Stream in Fayette County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1908 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05592500 n/a
Site name
KASKASKIA RIVER AT VANDALIA, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 385738.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0890519.7 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.9606111 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.0888056 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
Fayette County 051
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSES16 T6N R1E n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 452.80 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .05 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07140202
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
1940 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 n/a

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