Glendale Lake near Flinton, PA - 01541340

Important information about this monitoring location

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.

Location details and information

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
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Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper West Branch Susquehanna	02050201
Drainage basin		_n/a
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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

Operated in cooperation with:

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds

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Glendale Lake near Flinton, PA - 01541340

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