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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2004-07-20 2005-08-16
Information Water-quality 2002-07-31 2005-08-16
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2002-07-31 2005-08-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2002-07-31 2005-08-16
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2002-07-31 2005-08-16
Nutrient Water-quality 2002-07-31 2005-08-16
Organics, other Water-quality 2002-07-31 2004-07-20
Physical Water-quality 2002-07-31 2005-08-16
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01555124 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 2002 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01555124 n/a
Site name
Faylor Lake at Beaver Springs, PA n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 404547 n/a
DMS longitude 0771251 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.76313414 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.2138748 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
Snyder County 109
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Beavertown n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 590 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Susquehanna-Penns 02050301
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 20021210 n/a
Drainage area
33.3 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 247600309 n/a