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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1975-04-14 1981-09-01
Information Water-quality 1975-04-14 1997-09-02
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1974-11-11 1997-04-24
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-11-11 1997-04-24
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-10-05 1997-04-24
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1970-10-05 1997-04-24
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-11-11 1997-04-24
Nutrient Water-quality 1974-11-11 1997-04-24
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1976-11-16 1982-05-11
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-12-10 1997-04-24
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1975-06-09 1982-05-11
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1916-12-06 2009-09-29
Population/Community Water-quality 1975-04-14 1981-09-01
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-01-14 1981-09-01
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1975-05-06 1997-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1916-02-02 2007-01-19
n/a Site Visits 1916-12-06 2008-10-10
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2009-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05599500 is associated with a Stream in Jackson County, Illinois. Water data back to 1916 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05599500 n/a
Site name
BIG MUDDY RIVER AT MURPHYSBORO, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 374453 n/a
DMS longitude 0892048 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.74805556 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.3466667 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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
Jackson County 077
Country US n/a
Land net location description SESES8 T9S R2W n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 335.50 feet n/a
Method altitude determined U n/a
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07140106
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
2169 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 00100 n/a