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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
n/a Site Visits 2004-11-17 2006-01-03
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2006-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01559915 is associated with a Stream in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 2004 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01559915 n/a
Site name
Unnamed Tributary to Bobs Creek at Osterburg, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 401002 n/a
DMS longitude 0783113 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.1673006 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.5200167 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Bedford County 009
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Alum Bank n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1130 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
Raystown 02050303
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 20041210 n/a
Drainage area
2.92 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 n/a