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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2005-08-23 2006-08-22
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2005-08-23 2006-08-22
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2005-08-23 2006-08-22
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2005-08-23 2006-08-22
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2005-08-23 2006-08-22
Nutrient Water-quality 2005-08-23 2006-08-22
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2005-08-23 2024-11-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01480399 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929 and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 2005 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01480399 n/a
Site name
Chambers Lake near Wagontown, PA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 400140 n/a
DMS longitude 0755103 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.02788158 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.8505006 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Chester County 029
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map WAGONTOWN n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 596.5 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
Brandywine-Christina 02040205
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 n/a
Drainage area
4.5 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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