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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2000-08-21 2000-08-21
Information Water-quality 1970-06-02 2006-10-23
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1970-06-02 2023-10-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1970-06-02 2023-10-26
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-10-08 2023-10-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1970-10-27 2023-10-26
Microbiological Water-quality 1970-06-02 1980-11-17
Nutrient Water-quality 1970-06-02 2023-10-26
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1983-11-01 1993-11-22
Organics, PFAS Water-quality 2022-11-10 2022-11-10
Organics, other Water-quality 1977-11-01 2000-09-12
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1983-11-01 2000-09-12
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1970-06-02 2023-10-26
Population/Community Water-quality 1970-06-02 1997-10-14
Sediment Water-quality 1970-06-02 2000-09-12
n/a Site Visits 1982-11-01 2023-10-26
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2013-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01479800 is associated with a Stream in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 1970 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01479800 n/a
Site name
East Branch Red Clay Creek near Five Points, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 394910 n/a
DMS longitude 0754129 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.8195551 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.6910453 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 KENNETT SQUARE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
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
10.20 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