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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1989-09-19 2024-11-23
n/a Peak Measurements 1990-08-18 2024-04-01
n/a Site Visits 1989-09-15 2024-10-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05536179 is associated with a Ditch in Lake County, Indiana. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1989 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05536179 n/a
Site name
HART DITCH AT DYER, IN n/a
Site type
Ditch
ST-DCH
DMS latitude 413028 n/a
DMS longitude 0873036 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.5078132 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.51004 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 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Indiana 18
State
Indiana 18
County
Lake County 089
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENES12 T35N R10W 2 n/a
Name of location map CALUMET CITY 14D n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 607.29 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .14 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07120003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
37.6 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NYNNNNNN 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 441800100 n/a

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