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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
***Unassigned*** Water-quality 2019-09-10 2019-09-10
Biological Water-quality 2005-08-01 2005-08-01
Information Water-quality 2005-08-01 2023-09-25
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2012-11-20 2023-09-25
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2005-08-01 2023-09-25
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2012-11-20 2023-09-25
Nutrient Water-quality 2005-08-01 2023-09-25
Organics, other Water-quality 2005-08-01 2023-09-25
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2007-07-12 2015-10-08
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1975-10-24 2024-04-23
Sediment Water-quality 2012-12-21 2023-08-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1975-09-26 2023-07-09
n/a Site Visits 1975-09-25 2024-03-27
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2007-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01573160 is associated with a Stream in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1975 are available online.

Some regulation by Millard Quarry 0.7 mi upstream. At a minimum groundwater seepage and some surface water is pumped from the quarry into the stream. Cities of Lebanon, Annville, and Palmyra effluent discharge enters the stream at various points above the gage. Flows are not adjusted due to uncertainty of figures.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01573160 n/a
Site name
Quittapahilla Creek near Bellegrove, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 402033.4 n/a
DMS longitude 0763342.8 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.3426111 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.56188889 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. 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
Lebanon County 075
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map PALMYRA n/a
Scale of location map 240000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 361.88 n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy 10 n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Susquehanna-Swatara 02050305
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
74.20 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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