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42N11E-29.4h1 (USGS-420538087582501) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This well site, maintained by the USGS Illinois Water Science Center (identifier USGS-IL), has the name "42N11E-29.4h1" and has the identifier USGS-420538087582501. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07120004. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Cook County County, Illinois at 42.09391578000000 degrees latitude and -87.9736819000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 687.00 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 2.5 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

The well was contructed on 195804. The well depth is 1553 ft. The well hole depth is 1553 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-420538087582501" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1958 - 1980
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1972 - 1980
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1958 - 1980
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1958 - 1980
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1972 - 1980
Nutrient 1958 - 1978
Organics, Other 1958 - 1965
Physical 1958 - 1980
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-IL
OrganizationFormalName USGS Illinois Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-420538087582501
MonitoringLocationName 42N11E-29.4h1
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 07120004
LatitudeMeasure 42.09391578000000
LongitudeMeasure -87.9736819000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 687.00
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 2.5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 031
ConstructionDateText 195804
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 1553
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 1553
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS