LE SP15 Schantz Spring near Wescosville, PA - 403447075331801

Important information about this monitoring location

At 5.6 ft stormwater influences and overland flows affect measured gage height based on field observations and comparison with QW records. Maintenance and drainage of the spring may also affect gage heights.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	403447075331801	_n/a
Site name	LE SP15 Schantz Spring near Wescosville, PA	_n/a
Site type	Spring	SP
DMS latitude	403447	_n/a
DMS longitude	0753318	_n/a
Decimal latitude	40.5798189	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-75.5546299	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 5 sec.	F
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	Lehigh County	077
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	ALLENTOWN WEST	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	340 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from topographic map.	M
Altitude accuracy	25 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929	NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lehigh	02040106
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting	Valley flat	V
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	195110	_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	Data have been checked by the reporting agency.	C
Data-other GW files	YYYNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer	Valley and Ridge aquifers	N500VLYRDG
Local aquifer	Beekmantown Group	364BKMN
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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