Wissahickon Creek at Fort Washington, PA

Important information about this monitoring location

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.

Location details and information

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

Operated in cooperation with:

City of Philadelphia Water Department

Delaware River Basin Commission