Stonycreek River at Ferndale, PA - 03040000

Important information about this monitoring location

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.

Location details and information

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	Conemaugh	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

Operated in cooperation with:

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water

US Army Corps of Engineers - Pittsburgh District

USGS - Federal Priority Streamgages