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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2001-07-25 2002-12-18
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2001-07-25 2002-12-18
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2001-07-25 2002-12-18
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2001-07-25 2002-12-18
Physical Water-quality 2001-07-25 2002-12-18
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01555527 is associated with a Stream in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 2001 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01555527 n/a
Site name
Wiconisco Creek US Bear Creek at Lykens, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 403410 n/a
DMS longitude 0764155 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.56944444 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.6986111 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 3 sec (SPS GPS). R
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Pennsylvania 42
State
Pennsylvania 42
County
Dauphin County 043
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map LYKENS n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 670 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Susquehanna-Penns 02050301
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 20010725 n/a
Drainage area
28.8 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 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 444231400 n/a