Swatara Creek near Palmyra, PA - 01573208

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Gage height, feet

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Latest value

3.36 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

14:30:00 PM EDT

Selected

3.36 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

02:30:00 PM EDT

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-04-21T14:30:00.000-04:00	3.36	Provisional
2025-04-21T14:15:00.000-04:00	3.36	Provisional
2025-04-21T14:00:00.000-04:00	3.36	Provisional
2025-04-21T13:45:00.000-04:00	3.36	Provisional
2025-04-21T13:30:00.000-04:00	3.37	Provisional
2025-04-21T13:15:00.000-04:00	3.37	Provisional
2025-04-21T13:00:00.000-04:00	3.37	Provisional
2025-04-21T12:45:00.000-04:00	3.37	Provisional
2025-04-21T12:30:00.000-04:00	3.37	Provisional
2025-04-21T12:15:00.000-04:00	3.38	Provisional
2025-04-21T12:00:00.000-04:00	3.38	Provisional
2025-04-21T11:45:00.000-04:00	3.38	Provisional
2025-04-21T11:30:00.000-04:00	3.38	Provisional
2025-04-21T11:15:00.000-04:00	3.38	Provisional
2025-04-21T11:00:00.000-04:00	3.38	Provisional
2025-04-21T10:45:00.000-04:00	3.38	Provisional

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01573208	_n/a
Site name	Swatara Creek near Palmyra, PA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	401920.06	_n/a
DMS longitude	0763745.82	_n/a
Decimal latitude	40.32223889	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-76.6293944	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS).	5
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	HERSHEY, PA	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	335 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model	N
Altitude accuracy	1.6 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	NNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	437 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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