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SALINE BRANCH ABOVE 1700E NEAR URBANA, IL (USGS-03337570) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Illinois Water Science Center (identifier USGS-IL), has the name "SALINE BRANCH ABOVE 1700E NEAR URBANA, IL" and has the identifier USGS-03337570. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05120109. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 75.1 sq mi.

This site is located in Champaign County County, Illinois at 40.12983330000000 degrees latitude and -88.1516667000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 670.47 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .06 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

The well was contructed on 20090401.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-03337570" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2008 - 2008
Organics, Other 2008 - 2008
Organics, PCBs 2008 - 2008
Organics, Pesticide 2008 - 2008
Physical 2008 - 2008
Radiochemical 2008 - 2008
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-IL
OrganizationFormalName USGS Illinois Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-03337570
MonitoringLocationName SALINE BRANCH ABOVE 1700E NEAR URBANA, IL
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 05120109
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 75.1
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 40.12983330000000
LongitudeMeasure -88.1516667000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 670.47
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .06
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 019
ConstructionDateText 20090401
ProviderName NWIS