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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1970-06-02 2022-04-08
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1970-06-02 2021-09-23
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-06-02 2021-09-23
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1979-11-06 1998-10-28
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1970-10-27 2021-09-23
Microbiological Water-quality 1970-06-02 1980-11-20
Nutrient Water-quality 1970-06-02 1998-10-28
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1985-10-25 1993-11-23
Organics, other Water-quality 1977-11-01 1993-11-23
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1985-10-25 1993-11-23
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1970-06-02 2024-11-24
Population/Community Water-quality 1970-06-02 1997-11-12
Sediment Water-quality 1970-06-02 2022-04-08
n/a Site Visits 1982-10-20 2024-08-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2020-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01478220 is associated with a Stream in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Specific conductance, and more are available. Water data back to 1970 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01478220 n/a
Site name
West Branch White Clay Creek near Chesterville, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 394556 n/a
DMS longitude 0754747 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.76566619 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.7960492 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
Chester County 029
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map WEST GROVE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 177.2 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .21 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Brandywine-Christina 02040205
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
9.92 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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