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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Nutrient Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Physical Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Sediment Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 405505077284901 is associated with a Stream in Centre 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
405505077284901 n/a
Site name
Elk Creek near Millheim, PA n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 405505 n/a
DMS longitude 0772849 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.9181227 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.47999159 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
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
Centre County 027
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map MILLHEIM, PA n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1180 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
Lower Susquehanna-Penns 02050301
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19940801 n/a
Drainage area
43.3 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN 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 444220700 n/a