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15 data types available - data from 2005-02-07 to 2026-09-12

13 data types available - data from 2005-02-08 to 2026-09-11

4 data types available - data from 1996-07-18 to 2026-08-17

413 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1981-03-26 to 2026-09-10

315 Sampling activities

2 data types available - with data from 2005-02-15 to 2025-08-19

12 data types available - data from 2005-02-08 to 2026-09-11

Available location images

Des Plaines River at Route 53 at Joliet

looking upstream

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	05537980	n/a
Location name	DES PLAINES RIVER AT ROUTE 53 AT JOLIET, IL	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	41.5364722222222	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-88.0836944444444	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	GNSS2 - Level 1 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 5 sec.	F
District	Illinois	17
State	Illinois	17
County	Will County	197
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	-0.28 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.01 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Des Plaines	07120004
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	1502 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	CST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	N	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