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Continuous data

4 data types available - data from 1987-03-05 to 2026-08-05

Daily data

2 data types available - data from 1967-08-01 to 2026-08-04

Field measurements

2 data types available - data from 1967-07-11 to 2026-08-04

Discrete sample data

7 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 2004-06-28 to 2018-04-23

45 Sampling activities

Peak measurements

2 data types available - with data from 1968-05-31 to 2024-01-13

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2 data types available - data from 1967-08-01 to 2026-08-03

Important information about this monitoring location

Flow regulated for entire period of record by Wild Creek Reservoir, Penn Forest Reservoir, and Beltzville Lake. Diversion upstream from Tunhannock Creek to Wild Creek Basin since October 1969.

Location details and information

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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water

US Army Corps of Engineers - Philadelphia District

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01449800	n/a
Location name	Pohopoco Cr bl Beltzville Dam nr Parryville, PA	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	40.8456475640708	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-75.6457437086124	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
District	Pennsylvania	42
State	Pennsylvania	42
County	Carbon County	025
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	491.4 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.04 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lehigh	02040106
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	96.4 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	EST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	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

Monitoring location Pohopoco Cr bl Beltzville Dam nr Parryville, PA - USGS-01449800