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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2001-09-16 2003-08-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2001-09-16 2003-08-04
Microbiological Water-quality 2001-09-16 2003-08-04
Physical Water-quality 2001-09-16 2003-08-04
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01480552 is associated with a Stream in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 2001 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01480552 n/a
Site name
WB Brandywine Creek (CBS12) at Coatesville, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 395840.7 n/a
DMS longitude 0754921.0 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.9779722 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.8225 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 (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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 Coatesville n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 295 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 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 20040831 n/a
Drainage area
52.5 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 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 247600347 n/a