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Continuous data

3 data types available - data from 2004-11-06 to 2024-10-07

Daily data

2 data types available - data from 2004-11-06 to 2024-10-06

Field measurements

2 data types available - data from 2004-11-08 to 2024-10-28

Discrete sample data

65 Observed properties (data types) available - data from 2011-11-08 to 2017-08-21

61 Sampling activities

Peak measurements

2 data types available - data from 2006-06-27 to 2024-04-03

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2 data types available - data from 2004-11-06 to 2024-10-06

Important information about this monitoring location

Abrupt temporary changes in gage height can occur from the removal and replacement of wooden boards from the I-beams in the concrete sluiceway upstream or by manmade alterations to the control. Discharge may be influenced by nearby pumping.

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01569460	n/a
Location name	Big Spring Creek at Big Spring, PA	n/a
Site type	Spring	SP
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	40.129462321575474	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-77.40718233816668	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from map	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS).	5
District	Pennsylvania	42
State	Pennsylvania	42
County	Cumberland County	041
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	510 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-Swatara	02050305
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area		n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	EST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	n/a
National aquifer	Valley and Ridge aquifers	N500VLYRDG
Local aquifer		n/a
Local aquifer type		n/a
Well depth		n/a
Hole depth		n/a
Source of depth data		n/a

Monitoring location Big Spring Creek at Big Spring, PA - USGS-01569460