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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1978-12-18 2015-04-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1978-12-18 2024-11-25
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-12-18 1979-11-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-12-18 1979-11-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1978-12-18 1978-12-18
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1978-12-18 1979-11-14
Organics, other Water-quality 1978-12-18 1979-11-14
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1978-12-18 1979-11-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1927-10-01 2024-11-25
n/a Peak Measurements 1928-07-14 2023-07-10
n/a Site Visits 2001-09-10 2024-10-24
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01473500 is associated with a Stream in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved oxygen, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 1927 are available online.

October 1927 to May 1933, at site 0.6 miles downstream, at different datum. October 1983 to September 1993, annual maximums from crest-stage gage located 0.7 miles downstream, at different datum. The 15-minute precipitation data for this station are temporary and will only be displayed for 120 days. Time series of 1-hour or cumulative daily values will NOT be available for retrieval following the 120-day display period. Although the instrumentation is calibrated at least once a year, the temporary classification means that documented routine inspections and other quality assurance measures are not performed that would make the data acceptable for archival, retrieval, or future use in general scientific or interpretive studies. Reported drainage area includes that of Stony Creek, which enters the gage pool 1200 ft downstream of gage.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01473500 n/a
Site name
Schuylkill River at Norristown, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 400656 n/a
DMS longitude 0752122 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.11555556 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.3561111 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 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Pennsylvania 42
State
Pennsylvania 42
County
Montgomery County 091
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map NORRISTOWN, PA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 51 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Schuylkill 02040203
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 1927 n/a
Drainage area
1760 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 1760 square miles 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 444200120 n/a

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