Rain Gage at Waubonsee Creek Near Oswego, IL

Precipitation data collection will be discontinued, Sept. 30, 2025, due to loss of funding. Please contact the Central Midwest Water Science Center, Data Chief, Clint Bailey (cbailey@usgs.gov) if you have an interest in continuance and/or support of data collection at this site.

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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	414205088193801	_n/a
Site name	RAIN GAGE AT WAUBONSEE CREEK NEAR OSWEGO, IL	_n/a
Site type	Atmosphere	AT
DMS latitude	414205	_n/a
DMS longitude	0881938	_n/a
Decimal latitude	41.70138889	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-88.3272222	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
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	Kendall County	093
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	SWSWNES9 T37N R8E	_n/a
Name of location map	AURORA SOUTH	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface		_n/a
Method altitude determined		_n/a
Altitude accuracy		_n/a
Altitude datum		_n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Fox	07120007
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	20120919	_n/a
Drainage area		_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		_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

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Illinois Department of Natural Resources