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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2007-08-02 2007-09-10
Information Water-quality 1978-07-10 2007-09-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-02-05 1997-05-07
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-07-10 2007-06-19
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-08-28 1997-05-07
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-07-10 1997-05-07
Microbiological Water-quality 1979-03-07 1997-05-07
Nutrient Water-quality 1978-07-10 2007-09-10
Organics, other Water-quality 1978-07-10 1996-07-09
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1969-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1979-06-20 1981-05-19
n/a Peak Measurements 1970-05-01 2024-07-17
n/a Site Visits 1971-02-17 2024-11-05
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05595200 is associated with a Stream in St. Clair County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1969 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05595200 n/a
Site name
RICHLAND CREEK NEAR HECKER, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 381926 n/a
DMS longitude 0895814 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.32388889 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.9705556 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
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
St. Clair County 163
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSES27 T2S R8W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 374.65 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07140204
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
129 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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