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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1970-06-03 1999-10-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1970-06-03 2008-11-18
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-06-03 2008-11-18
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-10-09 2008-11-18
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1970-11-03 2008-11-18
Microbiological Water-quality 1970-06-03 1980-11-20
Nutrient Water-quality 1970-06-03 2008-11-18
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1986-10-28 1994-11-04
Organics, other Water-quality 1977-11-02 1994-11-04
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1986-10-28 1994-11-04
Physical Water-quality 1970-06-03 2008-11-18
Population/Community Water-quality 1970-06-03 1997-10-31
Sediment Water-quality 1970-06-03 1971-10-18
n/a Site Visits 1982-11-01 2008-11-18
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2009-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01494900 is associated with a Stream in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 1970 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01494900 n/a
Site name
East Branch Big Elk Creek at Elkview, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 394848 n/a
DMS longitude 0755404 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.81344186 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.900777 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
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 n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Chester-Sassafras 02060002
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
11.10 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