East Branch Perkiomen Creek near Schwenksville, PA

Important information about this monitoring location

Drainage Area does not include distributary. Stream has received pumpage from Bradshaw Reservoir since August 1989. Peak flows are unregulated. Irrigation pond for the county golf course 300 ft upstream also occasionally draw water from the creek.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01472810	_n/a
Site name	East Branch Perkiomen Creek near Schwenksville, PA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	401531	_n/a
DMS longitude	0752545	_n/a
Decimal latitude	40.2587137	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-75.4287873	_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	Montgomery County	091
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	PERKIOMENVILLE	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	150 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from topographic map.	M
Altitude accuracy	20 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929	NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Schuylkill	02040203
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	NNYNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	19901001	_n/a
Drainage area	58.7 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area	58.7 square miles	_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	444200140	_n/a

Operated in cooperation with:

Delaware River Basin Commission