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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1985-10-01 2024-11-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1985-11-19 2023-03-03
n/a Site Visits 1985-09-03 2024-08-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05595820 is associated with a Stream in Jefferson County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1985 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05595820 n/a
Site name
CASEY FORK AT MOUNT VERNON, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 381712 n/a
DMS longitude 0885220 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.28666667 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.8722222 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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
Jefferson County 081
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWNENES9 T3S R3E 3 n/a
Name of location map UPDYKE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 419.57 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07140106
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 19890814 n/a
Drainage area
76.9 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 76.9 square miles 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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