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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2002-10-23 2003-06-11
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2002-10-23 2013-07-24
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2002-10-23 2013-07-24
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2002-10-23 2013-07-24
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2002-10-23 2013-07-24
Nutrient Water-quality 2002-10-23 2003-06-04
Physical Water-quality 2002-10-23 2013-07-24
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2002-10-23 2003-06-04
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 404728075590906 is associated with an Outfall in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Water data back to 2002 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
404728075590906 n/a
Site name
Newkirk Oxic Limestone Drain Outflow n/a
Site type
Outfall
FA-OF
DMS latitude 404727.15 n/a
DMS longitude 0755911.76 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.790964 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.9862498 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .01 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). H
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
Schuylkill County 107
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Tamaqua n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 880 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Schuylkill 02040203
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Hillside
S
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20040130 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 n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a