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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1978-12-18 1979-11-13
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1967-10-05 1970-02-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1967-10-05 1979-11-13
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-12-18 1979-11-13
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-12-18 1979-11-13
Microbiological Water-quality 1970-11-12 1973-02-07
Nutrient Water-quality 1967-10-05 1973-02-07
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1979-11-13 1979-11-13
Organics, other Water-quality 1970-11-12 1979-11-13
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1979-11-13 1979-11-13
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1965-10-01 1981-09-29
Sediment Water-quality 1967-10-04 1968-08-26
n/a Peak Measurements 1966-02-13 1980-10-25
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01473950 is associated with a Stream in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 1965 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01473950 n/a
Site name
Wissahickon Cr at Bells Mill Rd, Phila., PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 400447 n/a
DMS longitude 0751335 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.07983304 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.2260117 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
Philadelphia County 101
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 108.58 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 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19651001 n/a
Drainage area
53.60 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