Skip to main content

Important for you to know:

  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1999-01-21 1999-05-03
Nutrient Water-quality 1999-01-21 1999-05-03
Physical Groundwater Levels, Water-quality 1999-01-21 1999-05-03
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 395947076145905 is associated with a Hyporheic-zone well in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 1999 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
395947076145905 n/a
Site name
LN 2074 n/a
Site type
Hyporheic-zone well
GW-HZ
DMS latitude 395947 n/a
DMS longitude 0761459 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.9964878 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.2494022 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Transit, theodolite, or other surveying method. S
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 QUARRYVILLE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 345.18 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Susquehanna 02050306
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Hillside
S
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
19981027 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19981027 n/a
Drainage area
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 YYNNNYNN n/a
National aquifer Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) N100GLCIAL
Local aquifer Alluvium, Older 112ALVM
Local aquifer type
Unconfined single aquifer U
Well depth 3.86 feet n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data S n/a
Project number 444222700 n/a