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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2019-09-10 2019-09-10
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2019-09-10 2019-09-10
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2019-09-10 2019-09-10
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2012-09-12 2024-12-23
n/a Peak Measurements 2013-01-31 2023-04-30
n/a Site Visits 2012-09-12 2024-12-17
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2013-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01571005 is associated with a Stream in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 2012 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01571005 n/a
Site name
Paxton Creek near Glenwood, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 401822 n/a
DMS longitude 0765120 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.3061111 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.8555556 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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 Harrisburg East, PA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 338 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Light Detection And Ranging, airplane J
Altitude accuracy 2.0 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 YNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20120831 n/a
Drainage area
11.6 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

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