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Continuous data

3 data types available - data from 1990-10-01 to 2026-07-30

Daily data

1 data types available - data from 1935-10-01 to 2026-07-28

Field measurements

2 data types available - data from 1935-06-06 to 2026-05-29

Discrete sample data

176 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1959-10-22 to 1999-09-15

121 Sampling activities

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1 data types available - data from 1935-10-01 to 2026-07-28

Important information about this monitoring location

There is slight regulation at low flow from operation of mills upstream. Flow regulated by Nockamixon Reservoir, about 6.2 miles upstream, since December 1973.

Location details and information

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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01459500	n/a
Location name	Tohickon Creek near Pipersville, PA	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	40.4337151183091	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-75.1165609293076	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
District	Pennsylvania	42
State	Pennsylvania	42
County	Bucks County	017
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	258.12 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	0.01 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Middle Delaware-Musconetcong	02040105
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	97.4 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	EST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	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

Monitoring location Tohickon Creek near Pipersville, PA - USGS-01459500