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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2015-10-21 2024-01-24
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values 2015-10-24 2024-12-11
Nutrient Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2015-10-22 2024-12-11
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1916-12-06 2024-12-11
Sediment Water-quality 2015-12-16 2023-07-06
n/a Peak Measurements 1916-02-02 2023-03-28
n/a Site Visits 2001-01-29 2024-08-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05599490 is associated with a Stream in Jackson County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 1916 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05599490 n/a
Site name
BIG MUDDY RIVER AT RTE 127 AT MURPHYSBORO, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 374530 n/a
DMS longitude 0891940 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.7583333 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.3277778 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 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Illinois 17
State
Illinois 17
County
Jackson County 077
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENES9 T9S R2W n/a
Name of location map MURPHYSBORO n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 335.06 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .04 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07140106
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20151020 n/a
Drainage area
2159 square miles 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 00100 n/a

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