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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1972-12-06 1973-09-27
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1972-12-06 1976-08-23
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-12-06 1976-08-23
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1972-12-06 1976-08-23
Nutrient Water-quality 1972-12-06 1976-08-23
Organics, other Water-quality 1973-07-25 1976-08-23
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1931-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1932-03-28 2019-08-07
n/a Site Visits 1931-04-02 2024-08-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01477000 is associated with a Stream in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1931 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01477000 n/a
Site name
Chester Creek near Chester, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 395208 n/a
DMS longitude 0752431 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.8690009 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.4082494 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
Delaware County 045
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map MARCUS HOOK n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 23.41 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Delaware 02040202
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 n/a
Drainage area
61.1 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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