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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2000-08-23 2000-08-23
Information Water-quality 1979-09-06 2000-09-19
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2000-05-16 2000-09-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-09-06 2000-09-19
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-11-14 2000-09-19
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1979-09-06 2000-09-19
Nutrient Water-quality 2000-05-16 2000-09-19
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1979-09-06 2000-06-15
Organics, other Water-quality 1979-09-06 2000-09-19
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1979-09-06 2000-09-19
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1979-09-06 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2000-06-15 2000-06-15
Sediment Water-quality 1979-09-06 2000-09-19
n/a Peak Measurements 1971-09-13 2021-09-01
n/a Site Visits 1977-04-05 2024-08-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2020-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01473470 is associated with a Stream in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, and more are available. Water data back to 1971 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01473470 n/a
Site name
Stony Creek at Sterigere Street at Norristown, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 400738 n/a
DMS longitude 0752043 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.12733007 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.3449047 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 NORRISTOWN n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 82.3 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .09 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Schuylkill 02040203
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19750419 n/a
Drainage area
20.40 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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