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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Groundwater Levels, Unit Values 2011-02-14 2024-11-22
n/a USGS Active Groundwater Level Network Site 2011-01-01 2021-01-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2012-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 400229075104601 is associated with a Well in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Current conditions of Depth to water level are available. Water data back to 2011 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
400229075104601 n/a
Site name
PH 1043 Philadelphia County Observation Well n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 400229.3 n/a
DMS longitude 0751045.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.0414722 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.1793333 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 3 sec (SPS GPS). R
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
Philadelphia County 101
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map GERMANTOWN n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 272.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined G n/a
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Schuylkill 02040203
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Hillside
S
Flags for instruments at site NNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20110301 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 YY Y Y n/a
National aquifer Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers N400PDMBRX
Local aquifer Wissahickon Formation 300WSCK
Local aquifer type
Unconfined single aquifer U
Well depth 18.6 feet n/a
Hole depth
18.60 feet n/a
Source of depth data S n/a
Project number 247600265 n/a

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