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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2016-12-14 2016-12-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2016-12-14 2016-12-14
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2016-12-14 2016-12-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2016-12-14 2016-12-14
Nutrient Water-quality 2016-12-14 2016-12-14
Physical Water-quality 2016-12-14 2016-12-14
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 014806772 is associated with a Stream in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 2016 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
014806772 n/a
Site name
Black Horse Creek near Ludwigs Corner, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 400616.8 n/a
DMS longitude 0754226.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.10466667 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.7074444 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 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 Downingtown, PA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 468 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy 2.0 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 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20170112 n/a
Drainage area
1.79 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