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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1995-05-16 2001-05-09
Information Water-quality 1901-01-01 2001-07-03
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1901-01-01 2001-07-03
Microbiological Water-quality 1993-07-06 2001-06-19
Nutrient Water-quality 1993-06-29 2001-07-03
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1901-01-01 2001-07-31
Sediment Water-quality 1993-07-21 2001-07-03
n/a Peak Measurements 1994-09-26 2001-06-22
n/a Site Visits 1993-09-29 2001-06-21
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01576521 is associated with a Stream in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 1901 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01576521 n/a
Site name
Big Spring Run near Willow Street, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 395953 n/a
DMS longitude 0761555 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.9981544 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.2649583 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
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 292.16 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 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 n/a
Drainage area
1.77 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 444222700 n/a