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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1962-04-10 2024-03-06
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1962-04-10 2023-09-11
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1962-04-10 2024-11-21
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-12-18 2016-08-29
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1962-04-10 2023-09-11
Nutrient Water-quality 1962-04-10 2023-09-11
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1978-12-18 1978-12-18
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2019-09-16 2023-10-18
Organics, other Water-quality 1978-12-18 2015-09-02
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1978-12-18 1978-12-18
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1961-09-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1963-10-04 1968-12-14
n/a Peak Measurements 1962-03-12 2023-05-01
n/a Site Visits 1961-08-23 2024-06-10
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01473900 is associated with a Stream in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 1961 are available online.

From September 1961 to March 1969, gage at present site, at datum 140.70 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Calibration of water-quality instrumentation is conducted exclusively by Philadelphia Water Department personnel with USGS oversight. Erroneous or missing data, resulting from instrument malfunction, are not the responsibility of USGS. Regulation is unknown; possible minor pumping and withdrawals upstream, probably from treatment facilities or water intakes. The continuous water-quality monitor operated by the Philadelphia Water Department is located at Lat 40`07'26.1", Long 75`13`07.1", approximately 350 feet upstream of gage.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01473900 n/a
Site name
Wissahickon Creek at Fort Washington, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 400726 n/a
DMS longitude 0751313 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.1239987 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.2198992 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 GERMANTOWN n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 139.98 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .1 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 NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 1961 n/a
Drainage area
40.8 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 444200309 n/a

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