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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1995-09-07 1997-08-18
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1971-11-11 1997-08-18
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-11-11 1997-08-18
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1996-09-09 1997-08-18
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1995-09-07 1997-08-18
Nutrient Water-quality 1971-11-11 1997-08-18
Organics, other Water-quality 1971-11-11 1995-09-07
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1995-09-07 1996-11-21
Physical Water-quality 1971-11-11 1997-08-18
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1996-09-09 1997-08-18
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 1997-08-18 1997-08-18
n/a Site Visits 1971-11-11 1971-11-11
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 400943077005001 is associated with a Spring in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 1971 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
400943077005001 n/a
Site name
CU SP30 n/a
Site type
Spring
SP
DMS latitude 400943 n/a
DMS longitude 0770050 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.16203558 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.0135882 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
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
Cumberland County 041
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map MECHANICSBURG n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 450.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Lower Susquehanna-Swatara 02050305
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Undulating
U
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19711111 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 NYYNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer Elbrook Formation 371ELBK
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a