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POPE CREEK NEAR ALPHA, IL (USGS-05466600) 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 "POPE CREEK NEAR ALPHA, IL" and has the identifier USGS-05466600. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080104. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 41.20 sq mi.

This site is located in Knox County County, Illinois at 41.14587007000000 degrees latitude and -90.3798500000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-05466600" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1975 - 1975
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1975 - 1975
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1975 - 1975
Organics, Other 1975 - 1975
Physical 1975 - 1975
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-IL
OrganizationFormalName USGS Illinois Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-05466600
MonitoringLocationName POPE CREEK NEAR ALPHA, IL
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 07080104
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 41.20
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 41.14587007000000
LongitudeMeasure -90.3798500000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 095
ProviderName NWIS