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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1975-01-08 1994-07-28
Information Water-quality 1956-12-11 2019-09-11
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1956-12-11 2009-07-06
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1956-12-11 2019-09-11
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-09-28 1995-09-05
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1956-12-11 2009-07-06
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-07-15 2009-07-06
Nutrient Water-quality 1956-12-11 2009-07-06
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1974-11-22 1994-07-28
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2019-09-11 2019-09-11
Organics, other Water-quality 1969-10-23 2009-07-06
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1974-11-22 2009-07-06
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1939-10-01 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1975-01-08 1981-09-02
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-12-03 1994-07-28
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1964-03-05 2017-05-02
n/a Peak Measurements 1865-03-17 2022-11-13
n/a Site Visits 1939-12-07 2024-10-17
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01553500 is associated with a Stream in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1865 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01553500 n/a
Site name
West Branch Susquehanna River at Lewisburg, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 405803 n/a
DMS longitude 0765236 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.96750719 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.8763277 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
Northumberland County 097
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map LEWISBURG, PA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 427.45 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower West Branch Susquehanna 02050206
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19920916 n/a
Drainage area
6847.00 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 6847.00 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 444220700 n/a

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