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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2005-08-26 2005-08-26
Information Water-quality 1957-10-12 2014-08-05
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1957-10-12 1963-10-18
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1957-10-12 2007-08-02
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-10-29 1976-04-30
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1958-04-25 1976-04-30
Nutrient Water-quality 1957-10-12 2005-08-26
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1974-10-29 1976-04-30
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-10-29 2014-08-05
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1974-10-29 2014-08-05
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1919-01-01 2024-11-27
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1959-05-08 1979-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1889-06-01 2022-12-23
n/a Site Visits 1918-10-18 2024-10-22
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01573000 is associated with a Stream in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1889 are available online.

The Pennsylvania American Water Company diverts water upstream from station for the municipal supply of city of Lebanon.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01573000 n/a
Site name
Swatara Creek at Harper Tavern, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 402409 n/a
DMS longitude 0763439 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.40251235 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.5771541 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
Lebanon County 075
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 356.03 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
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 n/a
Drainage area
337 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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