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7 data types available - data from 2005-10-01 to 2026-08-02

Daily data

1 data types available - data from 1965-10-01 to 2026-07-31

Field measurements

2 data types available - data from 1976-11-18 to 2026-07-06

Discrete sample data

60 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1967-11-09 to 1973-10-01

61 Sampling activities

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1 data types available - data from 1965-10-01 to 2026-07-31

Important information about this monitoring location

Previously known as "Tacony Creek at County Line at Philadelphia, PA". Calibration of water-quality instrumentation is conducted exclusively by Philadelphia Water Department personnel with USGS oversight. Erroneous or missing data, resulting from instrument malfunction, are not the responsibility of USGS.

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01467086	n/a
Location name	Tacony Creek ab Adams Avenue, Philadelphia, PA	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	40.0426115684577	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-75.1121190971406	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	Philadelphia County	101
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	61.11 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	0.1 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929	NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Schuylkill	02040203
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	16.7 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 Tacony Creek ab Adams Avenue, Philadelphia, PA - USGS-01467086