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Continuous data

2 data types available - data from 1985-10-02 to 2026-08-08

Daily data

1 data types available - data from 1940-08-01 to 2026-08-06

Field measurements

2 data types available - data from 1915-10-07 to 2026-08-06

Discrete sample data

62 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1963-10-17 to 1989-12-13

210 Sampling activities

Peak measurements

2 data types available - with data from 1933-08-23 to 2025-07-10

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1 data types available - data from 1940-08-01 to 2026-08-06

Important information about this monitoring location

Prior to Sept. 30, 1932, non-recording gage at site 1.6 mi downstream at different datum. Major regulation from mills and a pumping plant upstream. Flood flows regulated by Indian Rock Dam. Municipal diversions for City of York at pumping station on South Branch.

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US Army Corps of Engineers - Baltimore District

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01575500	n/a
Location name	Codorus Creek near York, PA	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	39.9462097467989	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-76.7552458503363	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	York County	133
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	356.39 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from topographic map.	M
Altitude accuracy	5 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929	NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Susquehanna	02050306
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	222 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 Codorus Creek near York, PA - USGS-01575500