Conewago Creek near Bellaire, PA - 01573695

Important information about this monitoring location

Flow can be influenced from upstream operations. Conewago Lake in Mt Gretna can be drained to permit maintenance, inspection, and repair of the in-lake structure.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01573695	_n/a
Site name	Conewago Creek near Bellaire, PA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	401143	_n/a
DMS longitude	0763404	_n/a
Decimal latitude	40.19527778	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-76.56777778	_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 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	Elizabethtown, PA	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	427 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model	N
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	NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	20110819	_n/a
Drainage area	20.5 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

Operated in cooperation with:

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Clean Water