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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1979-04-06 2024-01-03
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2002-06-06 2023-09-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1974-11-14 2024-11-21
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-11-14 2023-09-19
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1974-11-14 2023-09-19
Nutrient Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1974-11-14 2024-11-21
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1974-11-14 1976-04-23
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2019-09-10 2019-09-10
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-11-14 2023-09-19
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1974-11-14 2021-07-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1979-04-06 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1979-04-06 2004-08-12
Sediment Water-quality 1974-11-14 2023-09-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01576003 is associated with a Stream in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Dissolved oxygen, Nitrate plus nitrite, Specific conductance, and more are available. Water data back to 1974 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01576003 n/a
Site name
Susquehanna River at Columbia, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 400142 n/a
DMS longitude 0763105 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.0284308 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.5177432 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Unknown or unspecified. U
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Pennsylvania 42
State
Pennsylvania 42
County
Lancaster County 071
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map COLUMBIA WEST, PA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 228 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 02050306
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 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
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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