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Wolf Lake at Chicago, IL - 04092500

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Monitoring location 04092500 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Cook County, Illinois.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
04092500 n/a
Site name
WOLF LAKE AT CHICAGO, IL n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 413953 n/a
DMS longitude 0873220 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.6647222 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.53888889 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
Cook County 031
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSWS29 T37N R15E n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 580.45 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
Little Calumet-Galien 04040001
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
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