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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1992-09-23 1995-06-12
Information Water-quality 1992-02-06 2016-05-03
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1992-09-23 1995-08-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1992-02-06 1999-05-27
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1992-09-23 1992-09-23
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1992-09-23 1995-08-16
Microbiological Water-quality 1992-06-17 1998-09-03
Nutrient Water-quality 1992-06-17 1998-09-08
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1992-09-23 1995-06-13
Organics, other Water-quality 1992-09-23 1994-09-06
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1992-02-06 2016-05-03
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1992-02-06 2000-05-08
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1992-09-23 1992-09-23
Sediment Water-quality 1992-02-06 1995-08-16
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1993-07-21 1993-07-28
n/a Peak Measurements 1993-04-22 1999-09-16
n/a Site Visits 1992-04-08 1999-05-27
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01576540 is associated with a Stream in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 1992 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01576540 n/a
Site name
Mill Creek at Eshelman Mill Road near Lyndon, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 400036 n/a
DMS longitude 0761639 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.0100985 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.2771806 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 LANCASTER n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 250 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Susquehanna 02050306
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NYNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19920422 n/a
Drainage area
54.2 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 54.2 square miles 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 PA213,217+ n/a