Skip to main content

Important for you to know:

  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.

The geodetic vertical elevation (gage datum) for this gage will be updated on 2/1/2025. See https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pennsylvania-water-science-center/updating-pennsylvania-streamgage-datums for more information.

Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1959-10-22 1973-09-20
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1959-10-22 1976-08-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1959-10-22 1976-08-19
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-09-20 1973-09-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1959-10-22 1976-08-19
Microbiological Water-quality 1962-07-16 1970-10-27
Nutrient Water-quality 1959-10-22 1976-08-19
Organics, other Water-quality 1973-05-10 1975-10-16
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1944-10-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1964-06-24 1971-02-02
Sediment Water-quality 1967-11-14 1969-03-27
n/a Peak Measurements 1945-09-19 2023-07-10
n/a Site Visits 1934-09-04 2024-10-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01452000 is associated with a Stream in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1934 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01452000 n/a
Site name
Jordan Creek at Allentown, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 403723 n/a
DMS longitude 0752858 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.62315267 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.4824053 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Pennsylvania 42
State
Pennsylvania 42
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 257.82 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lehigh 02040106
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 194410 n/a
Drainage area
75.8 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN 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
Project number n/a

Operated in cooperation with:

logo for Lehigh County Authority
Lehigh County Authority
logo for Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
logo for USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds
USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds