Aughwick Creek near Shirleysburg, PA - 01564512

The geodetic vertical elevation (gage datum) for this gage will be updated on 7/1/2025. See https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pennsylvania-water-science-center/updating-pennsylvania-streamgage-datums for more information.

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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01564512	_n/a
Site name	Aughwick Creek near Shirleysburg, PA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	401655	_n/a
DMS longitude	0775327	_n/a
Decimal latitude	40.2820244	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-77.890553	_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	Huntingdon County	061
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	BUTLER KNOB	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	570 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from topographic map.	M
Altitude accuracy	2.0 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929	NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Juniata	02050304
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	19860801	_n/a
Drainage area	301 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	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	444200120	_n/a

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