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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1974-01-24 1978-09-20
Information Water-quality 1973-06-20 2008-06-11
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1967-11-06 1974-06-20
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1967-11-06 2008-06-11
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-09-27 1978-09-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1967-11-11 1978-09-20
Microbiological Water-quality 1972-08-30 1978-09-20
Nutrient Water-quality 1967-11-06 2008-06-11
Organics, other Water-quality 1972-09-27 1978-09-20
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1937-10-01 2024-04-24
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1973-09-19 1973-09-19
Sediment Water-quality 1973-08-07 1976-09-28
n/a Peak Measurements 1865-03-01 2023-05-02
n/a Site Visits 1920-06-21 2024-04-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01554000 is associated with a Stream in Snyder 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.

Drainage Area excludes that of Shamokin Creek. See WSP 1903 for history of changes prior to Dec. 13, 1937. Dec. 13, 1937, to Mar. 23, 1967, water-stage recorder at site 1.7 mi upstream at datum 11.05 ft higher. Flow slightly regulated by 14 flood-control reservoirs which have a capacity of about 809,000 acre-ft, and during low flow by Fabridam, forming Lake Augusta located 1.5 mi upstream.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01554000 n/a
Site name
Susquehanna River at Sunbury, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 405004 n/a
DMS longitude 0764937 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.8345293 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.8266349 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
Snyder County 109
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SUNBURY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 407.90 n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Susquehanna-Penns 02050301
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
18300 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

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