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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2011-11-08 2017-08-21
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2017-05-05 2017-05-05
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2017-05-05 2017-05-05
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2004-11-06 2024-10-07
n/a Peak Measurements 2006-06-27 2022-12-23
n/a Site Visits 2004-11-08 2024-08-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01569460 is associated with a Spring in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 2004 are available online.

Abrupt temporary changes in gage height can occur from the removal and replacement of wooden boards from the I-beams in the concrete sluiceway upstream or by manmade alterations to the control. Discharge may be influenced by nearby pumping.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01569460 n/a
Site name
Big Spring Creek at Big Spring, PA n/a
Site type
Spring
SP
DMS latitude 400746 n/a
DMS longitude 0772427 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.129533 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.4072075 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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
Cumberland County 041
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Newville n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 510 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-Swatara 02050305
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 20041004 n/a
Drainage area
3.41 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files n/a
National aquifer Valley and Ridge aquifers N500VLYRDG
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 247600100 n/a

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