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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1959-10-23 1998-09-28
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1959-10-23 1998-09-28
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1959-10-23 1998-09-28
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-11-05 1998-09-28
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1959-10-23 1998-09-28
Nutrient Water-quality 1959-10-23 1998-09-28
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1996-10-09 1996-10-09
Organics, other Water-quality 1975-10-21 1998-09-28
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1996-10-09 1996-10-09
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1913-10-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1997-05-15 1998-09-28
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1978-02-01 1998-09-28
n/a Peak Measurements 1914-03-30 2022-05-07
n/a Site Visits 1938-12-09 2024-11-13
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03040000 is associated with a Stream in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1913 are available online.

Prior to Mar. 19, 1936, non-recording gage at site 3.5 mi downstream at different datum. Dec. 8, 1938 to Jan. 30, 1940, non-recording gage at site 50 ft downstream at present datum. Regulation by mine pumpage and reservoirs and diversion above station; the four largest reservoirs have a combined capacity of 42,360 acre-ft.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03040000 n/a
Site name
Stonycreek River at Ferndale, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 401708 n/a
DMS longitude 0785515 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.28563049 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.9205806 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
Cambria County 021
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 1184.06 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05010007
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
451 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 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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