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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01571184	n/a
Location name	Mountain Creek near Pine Grove Furnace, PA	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	40.0309245327505	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-77.3085949472522	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	Cumberland County	041
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	860 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from topographic map.	M
Altitude accuracy	20 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929	NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Susquehanna-Swatara	02050305
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	13.8 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 Mountain Creek near Pine Grove Furnace, PA - USGS-01571184