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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2020-06-25 2024-11-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2020-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 420121087523201 is associated with an Atmosphere in Cook County, Illinois. Current conditions of Precipitation and Temperature are available. Water data back to 2020 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
420121087523201 n/a
Site name
RAIN GAGE AT DES PLAINES, IL n/a
Site type
Atmosphere
AT
DMS latitude 420121 n/a
DMS longitude 0875232 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.0225 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.8755556 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
Cook County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description NESENWS28 T41N R12E n/a
Name of location map ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 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
07120004
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNYYNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20200325 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 001CC n/a

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