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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1985-09-23 1986-10-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1985-09-23 1985-09-23
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1985-09-23 1985-09-23
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1985-09-23 1985-09-23
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1985-09-23 1985-09-23
Nutrient Water-quality 1985-09-23 1985-09-23
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1986-10-15 1986-10-15
Organics, other Water-quality 1985-09-23 1985-09-23
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1985-09-23 1986-10-15
Physical Groundwater Levels, Water-quality 1969-04-02 1986-10-15
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 420612088161101 is associated with a Well in Kane County, Illinois. Water data back to 1969 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
420612088161101 n/a
Site name
42N 8E-23.6e1 n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 420616 n/a
DMS longitude 0881613 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.10446996 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.270358 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Illinois 17
State
Illinois 17
County
Kane County 089
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSENWS23 T 42N R 8E 3 n/a
Name of location map ELGIN n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 830 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07120006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Flat surface
F
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
196904 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 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
Unchecked data. U
Data-other GW files YYYNNYNN n/a
National aquifer Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) N100GLCIAL
Local aquifer Quaternary System 110QRNR
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth 130 feet n/a
Hole depth
130 feet n/a
Source of depth data A n/a
Project number 441706200 n/a