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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2020-09-24 2024-11-23
n/a Peak Measurements 2020-09-27 2023-03-03
n/a Site Visits 2020-10-28 2024-10-10
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2020-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05549400 is associated with a Stream in McHenry County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Temperature, and more 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
05549400 n/a
Site name
FOX RIVER AT MILLER BRIDGE NEAR MCHENRY, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 421924 n/a
DMS longitude 0881506 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.3233333 n/a
Decimal longitude -88.2516667 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
McHenry County 111
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSENWS1 T44N R8E n/a
Name of location map MCHENRY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 724.62 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .12 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07120006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNYYNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20200920 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 001DK n/a

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