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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2006-08-08 2006-08-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2006-08-08 2006-08-08
Microbiological Water-quality 2006-08-08 2006-08-08
Nutrient Water-quality 2006-08-08 2006-08-08
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 2006-08-08 2006-08-08
Physical Groundwater Levels, Water-quality 1986-10-01 2006-08-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2006-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 401516077143501 is associated with a Well in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 1986 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
401516077143501 n/a
Site name
CU 979 n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 401515.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0771435.3 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.25441667 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.24313889 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 (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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
Cumberland County 041
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SHERMANS DALE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 555 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
Hilltop
H
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
198610 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20060523 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 YYYY Y n/a
National aquifer Valley and Ridge aquifers N500VLYRDG
Local aquifer Martinsburg Shale 361MRBG
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth 52 feet n/a
Hole depth
52 feet n/a
Source of depth data D n/a
Project number 24769T100 n/a