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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1964-09-18 1964-09-18
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1964-09-18 1964-09-18
Nutrient Water-quality 1964-09-18 1964-09-18
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1939-10-01 2024-11-25
n/a Peak Measurements 1940-03-15 2023-05-01
n/a Site Visits 1939-09-18 2024-10-17
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01450500 is associated with a Stream in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1939 are available online.

Occasional diversion from Pohopoco Creek into Aquashicola Creek upstream from station.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01450500 n/a
Site name
Aquashicola Creek at Palmerton, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 404822 n/a
DMS longitude 0753554 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.8062047 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.5979643 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Pennsylvania 42
State
Pennsylvania 42
County
Carbon County 025
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 388.20 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS1 - Level 1 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System W
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lehigh 02040106
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 193910 n/a
Drainage area
76.7 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN 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
Project number n/a

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