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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values 2018-09-30 2024-11-21
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2011-03-02 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2014-01-01 2021-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 014670261 is associated with a Stream in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Chlorophyll relative fluorescence (fChl), Dissolved oxygen, Specific conductance, and more are available. Water data back to 2011 are available online.

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.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
014670261 n/a
Site name
Delaware River at Pennypack Woods PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 400218.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0745937.0 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.0385 n/a
Decimal longitude -74.9936111 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 10 sec. T
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Pennsylvania 42
State
Pennsylvania 42
County
Philadelphia County 101
Country US n/a
Land net location description Philadelphia City n/a
Name of location map Beverly n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 10 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Delaware 02040202
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 20120216 n/a
Drainage area
7800 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 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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