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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2020-10-16 2022-11-15
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2020-10-16 2021-09-09
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2020-02-20 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 2021-01-05 2022-11-15
n/a Peak Measurements 2020-08-04 2022-04-19
n/a Site Visits 2020-02-20 2024-08-05
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Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01478185 is associated with a Stream in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Specific conductance, and more are available. Water data back to 2020 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01478185 n/a
Site name
Middle Branch White Clay Creek near West Grove,PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 394957.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0755042.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.8325833 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.8450833 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Pennsylvania 42
State
Pennsylvania 42
County
Chester County 029
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map West Grove, PA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 396.6 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Brandywine-Christina 02040205
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20191125 n/a
Drainage area
4.68 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 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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