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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1975-04-14 2007-03-19
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1963-10-17 1975-04-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1963-10-17 1975-04-14
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1975-04-14 1975-04-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1963-10-17 1975-04-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1963-10-17 1975-04-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1899-04-01 2024-12-02
Sediment Water-quality 2006-10-30 2017-04-10
n/a Peak Measurements 1786-10-05 2023-05-02
n/a Site Visits 1899-03-30 2024-07-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01536500 is associated with a Stream in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1786 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01536500 n/a
Site name
Susquehanna River at Wilkes-Barre, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 411503 n/a
DMS longitude 0755252 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.2509149 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.8807518 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
Luzerne County 079
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 510.86 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna 02050107
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
9960 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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