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USGS 01573208 Swatara Creek near Palmyra, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--01573208 SWATARA CREEK NEAR PALMYRA, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`19'20.06", long 76`37'45.82", Lancaster County, Hydrologic Unit 02050305, at four-span concrete bridge on SR 743, 2 mi downstream from Quittapahilla Creek, and 2 mi northwest of Palmyra.
DRAINAGE AREA.--437 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 2022 to present. Water-quality March 2023 to present.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and water-quality monitor. Datum of gage is 335 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for the operation of this station is provided by Lebanon County and Natural Resource Conservation Service.
REMARKS.--
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Data transmitter operational limit - 28.8 ft;
Supplied by NWS:
This station managed by the PAWSC New Cumberland Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2023-03-10  2024-11-21
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 10.3 11-21-2024   03:30 EST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 101 11-21-2024   03:30 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 21 based on 1 water years of record more
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Value Nov 21		 Mean Min
(2024)		 Median Max
(2024)
101 136 136 136 136

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.72 11-21-2024   03:30 EST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 462 11-21-2024   03:30 EST
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 9.1 11-21-2024   03:30 EST
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Most recent instantaneous value: 8.0 11-21-2024   03:30 EST
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.9 11-21-2024   03:30 EST
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen, [Qualified]
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.18 11-21-2024   03:30 EST
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