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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1961-06-27 1962-08-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1961-06-27 1962-08-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1961-06-27 1962-08-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1961-06-27 1962-08-14
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1940-10-01 1981-05-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1942-04-08 2024-01-12
n/a Site Visits 1941-01-08 2022-03-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2013-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05600000 is associated with a Stream in Pulaski County, Illinois. Water data back to 1940 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05600000 n/a
Site name
BIG CREEK NEAR WETAUG, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 371859 n/a
DMS longitude 0890753 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.31638889 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.1313889 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
Pulaski County 153
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSESWS5 T14S R1E 3 n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 336.86 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
07140108
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
32.2 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