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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2008-06-02 2013-06-06
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2008-06-02 2013-06-06
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2007-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 2007-10-27 2021-09-01
n/a Site Visits 2007-10-18 2024-08-14
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Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01494850 is associated with a Stream in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 2007 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01494850 n/a
Site name
East Branch Big Elk Creek at Forestville, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 394920 n/a
DMS longitude 0755350 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.8223306 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.8968883 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 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 OXFORD, PA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 395.2 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .12 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Chester-Sassafras 02060002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNYNYNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20070426 n/a
Drainage area
9.69 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 247600121 n/a

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