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USGS 01569460 Big Spring Creek at Big Spring, PA

  Spring Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 40°07'46",   Longitude 77°24'27"   NAD27
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania   , Hydrologic Unit 02050305
Land surface altitude: 510 feet above NGVD29.
Spring discharges from "Valley and Ridge aquifers" (N500VLYRDG) national aquifer.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2004-11-06  2024-10-07  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2004-11-06  2024-10-06  7275 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2004-11-23  2024-10-06  21015 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2004-11-06  2024-10-06 7275 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2004-11-23  2024-10-06 7025 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2004-11  2024-10  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2004-11  2024-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  2005  2025  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2005  2025  
 Peak streamflow 2006-06-27  2024-04-03  19 
 Field measurements 2004-11-08  2024-10-28  188 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 2011-11-08  2017-08-21  61 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2025  20 
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OPERATION:
Record for this site is maintained by the USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center
Email questions about this site to Pennsylvania Water Science Center Water-Data Inquiries