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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1995-07-25 1995-07-25
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1995-07-25 1995-07-25
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1995-07-25 1995-07-25
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1995-07-25 1995-07-25
Nutrient Water-quality 1995-07-25 1995-07-25
Organics, other Water-quality 1995-07-25 1995-07-25
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1995-07-25 1995-07-25
Physical Groundwater Levels, Water-quality 1994-12-01 1995-07-25
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1995-07-25 1995-07-25
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 401646076384801 is associated with a Well in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 1994 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
401646076384801 n/a
Site name
DA 839 n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 401647.1 n/a
DMS longitude 0763848.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.27975 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.6468056 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS). 5
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
Dauphin County 043
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map HERSHEY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 400 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 010 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
Valley flat
V
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
19821103 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19941201 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 YYYYNYNN n/a
National aquifer Valley and Ridge aquifers N500VLYRDG
Local aquifer Epler Formation 367EPLR
Local aquifer type
Unconfined single aquifer U
Well depth 50 feet n/a
Hole depth
50 feet n/a
Source of depth data D n/a
Project number 444220700 n/a