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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2012-09-17 2013-03-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2008-09-23 2013-09-17
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2012-09-17 2013-09-17
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2012-09-17 2013-03-26
Nutrient Water-quality 2008-12-18 2013-09-17
Organics, other Water-quality 2012-09-17 2013-09-17
Physical Water-quality 2008-09-23 2013-09-17
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2012-09-17 2013-03-26
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2009-01-01 2009-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 015765159 is associated with a Stream in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 2008 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
015765159 n/a
Site name
Big Spring Run near Lampeter, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 395929 n/a
DMS longitude 0761540 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.99138889 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.2611111 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Pennsylvania 42
State
Pennsylvania 42
County
Lancaster County 071
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Conestoga n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 317.88 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy 1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Susquehanna 02050306
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 20090211 n/a
Drainage area
0.36 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 2476DFS00 n/a