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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2003-07-30 2003-07-30
Information Water-quality 2003-07-30 2003-07-30
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2003-07-30 2003-07-30
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2003-07-30 2003-07-30
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2003-07-30 2003-07-30
Nutrient Water-quality 2003-07-30 2003-07-30
Organics, other Water-quality 2003-07-30 2003-07-30
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2003-07-30 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01541340 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929 are available. Water data back to 2003 are available online.

Reservoir is formed by an earth and rockfill dam with ungated concrete spillway at elevation 1,435.00 ft. Storage began December 1, 1960. Capacity at elevation 1,435.00 ft is 41,200 acre-ft of which 15,900 acre-ft is controlled storage above elevation 1,427.00 ft. Dead storage is 25,300 acre-ft. Reservoir is used for flood control and recreation. Outflow is controlled by 72-inch gate and an 8-inch bypass valve.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01541340 n/a
Site name
Glendale Lake near Flinton, PA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 404150 n/a
DMS longitude 0783215 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.6972862 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.5372437 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
Cambria County 021
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map COALPORT 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
Upper West Branch Susquehanna 02050201
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
41.9 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 41.9 square miles 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

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