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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1957-10-12 1973-10-17
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1925-09-23 1976-07-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1925-09-23 1976-07-21
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-03-20 1973-09-19
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1925-09-23 1976-07-21
Microbiological Water-quality 1966-12-01 1971-01-27
Nutrient Water-quality 1925-09-23 1976-07-21
Organics, other Water-quality 1966-12-01 1975-10-22
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1925-09-23 2023-03-20
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1966-12-01 1971-01-27
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1962-01-26 1975-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1929-02-27 2022-04-08
n/a Site Visits 1928-10-15 2023-02-14
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01576500 is associated with a Stream in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1925 are available online.

Prior to May 1, 1933, at site 600 ft upstream at different datum, excluding small tributary. Power plants, gristmills, and pumping plant upstream cause slight regulation as a whole, and may cause rather large fluctuations in stage at times. Water supply for the City of Lancaster is diverted just upstream from gage. The 15-minute precipitation and air temperature data for this station are temporary and will only be displayed for 120 days. Time series of 1-hour or cumulative daily values will NOT be available for retrieval following the 120-day display period. Although the instrumentation is calibrated at least once a year, the temporary classification means that documented routine inspections and other quality assurance measures are not performed that would make the data acceptable for archival, retrieval, or future use in general scientific or interpretive studies.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01576500 n/a
Site name
Conestoga River at Lancaster, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 400300 n/a
DMS longitude 0761639 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.05009748 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.2771798 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 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 n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 245.63 n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
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
324 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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