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IIT-Chicago (IADN IIT) (EPA_GLNPO-J) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This land site, maintained by the EPA Great Lakes National Program (identifier EPA_GLNPO), has the name "IIT-Chicago (IADN IIT)" and has the identifier EPA_GLNPO-J. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07120003.

This site is located in Cook County County, Illinois at 41.8344440000 degrees latitude and -87.6247220000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Map" and the accuracy is 100 m. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 200 m No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "EPA_GLNPO-J" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1994 - 1994
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1994 - 1995
Not Assigned 1995 - 2022
Nutrient 1994 - 1994
Organics, BDEs 2015 - 2021
Organics, Other 1994 - 2021
Organics, PCBs 1993 - 2021
Organics, Pesticide 1993 - 2021
PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2021 - 2022
PFOS, Perfluorooctane Sulfonate 2021 - 2022
Physical 1994 - 2021
*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 EPA_GLNPO
OrganizationFormalName EPA Great Lakes National Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier EPA_GLNPO-J
MonitoringLocationName IIT-Chicago (IADN IIT)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Land
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Atmospheric Monitoring Site at IIT- Chicago
HUCEightDigitCode 07120003
LatitudeMeasure 41.8344440000
LongitudeMeasure -87.6247220000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 100
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 200
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET