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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1994-03-23 1994-03-23
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1994-03-23 1994-03-23
Microbiological Water-quality 1994-03-23 1994-03-23
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1994-03-23 2024-12-23
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01470870 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Elevation of reservoir water surface above datum and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1994 are available online.

Lake formed by an earthfill dam with ungated concrete spillway at elevation 307.00 ft. Storage began April 23, 1979. Capacity at elevation 307.00 ft is 50,000 acre-ft. Dead storage is 3,000 acre-ft. Lake is used for flood control, water supply, and recreation. Satellite telemetry at station. The 15-minute precipitation data for this station are temporary and will only be displayed for 120 days. Time series of 1-hour or cumulative daily values will NOT be available for retrieval following the 120-day display period. Although the instrumentation is calibrated at least once a year, the temporary classification means that documented routine inspections and other quality assurance measures are not performed that would make the data acceptable for archival, retrieval, or future use in general scientific or interpretive studies.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01470870 n/a
Site name
Blue Marsh Lake near Bernville, PA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 402245 n/a
DMS longitude 0760159 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.37925936 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.0327163 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
Berks County 011
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 n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Schuylkill 02040203
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 n/a
Drainage area
175 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

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