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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2005-08-02 2005-08-02
Information Water-quality 1962-02-28 2019-09-12
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1962-02-28 1995-06-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1962-02-28 2019-09-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1963-10-16 1995-06-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1962-02-28 2005-08-02
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2019-09-12 2019-09-12
Organics, other Water-quality 1978-04-02 2005-08-02
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1994-06-07 2018-04-16
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1929-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1967-11-06 2017-04-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1927-07-22 2023-04-30
n/a Site Visits 1929-07-18 2024-10-15
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01568000 is associated with a Stream in Perry County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Precipitation, and more are available. Water data back to 1927 are available online.

The 15-minute precipitation data for this station are temporary and will only be displayed for 120 days. Time series of 1-hour or cumulative daily values will NOT be available for retrieval following the 120-day display period. Although the instrumentation is calibrated at least once a year, the temporary classification means that documented routine inspections and other quality assurance measures are not performed that would make the data acceptable for archival, retrieval, or future use in general scientific or interpretive studies.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01568000 n/a
Site name
Sherman Creek at Shermans Dale, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 401924 n/a
DMS longitude 0771009 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.3233483 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.1688404 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
Perry County 099
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SHERMANSDALE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 421.91 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 Susquehanna-Swatara 02050305
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
207 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 n/a

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