Chambers Lake near Wagontown, PA - 01480399

Important information about this monitoring location

Reservoir formed by earthfill dam with principal spillway at elevation 587.5 ft, capacity 2,000 acre-ft. Dam crest at elevation 596.5 ft. Normal elevation 580 ft, capacity 1,226 acre-ft. Reservoir is used for water supply, flood control, and recreation.

Location details and information

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

Operated in cooperation with:

Chester County Water Resources Authority

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds