Little Lehigh Creek near Allentown, PA - 01451500
Important information about this monitoring location
Prior to October 14, 2013, gage included masonry control. Low-flow gage heights will be about 2 ft less than pre-Oct, 14 2013 levels. Occasional slight regulation at low stages by fish hatchery upstream.
Location details and information
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
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Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
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Site identification number
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01451500 | n/a |
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Site name
|
Little Lehigh Creek near Allentown, PA | n/a |
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Site type
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Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 403456 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 0752900 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 40.5823197 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -75.48296088 | n/a |
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Latitude-longitude method
|
Interpolated from MAP. | M |
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Latitude-longitude accuracy
|
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. | S |
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Latitude-longitude datum
|
North American Datum of 1927 | NAD27 |
| Decimal Latitude-longitude datum | North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
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District
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Pennsylvania | 42 |
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State
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Pennsylvania | 42 |
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County
|
Lehigh County | 077 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | n/a | |
| Name of location map | n/a | |
| Scale of location map | n/a | |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 252.71 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | Level or other surveyed method. | L |
| Altitude accuracy | .01 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
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Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Lehigh | 02040106 |
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Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
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Topographic setting
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n/a | |
| Flags for instruments at site | NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
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Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
| Date site established or inventoried | 194510 | n/a |
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Drainage area
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80.8 square miles | n/a |
| Contributing drainage area | n/a | |
| Time Zone abbreviation | EST | n/a |
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Site honors Daylight Saving Time
|
Y | n/a |
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Data reliability
|
n/a | |
| Data-other GW files | NNNNNNNN | n/a |
| National aquifer | n/a | |
| Local aquifer | n/a | |
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Local aquifer type
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n/a | |
| Well depth | n/a | |
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Hole depth
|
n/a | |
| Source of depth data | n/a | |
| Project number | n/a |
