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Mahantango Creek at Rough and Ready, PA (USGS-01555378) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center (identifier USGS-PA), has the name "Mahantango Creek at Rough and Ready, PA" and has the identifier USGS-01555378. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02050301. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 34.37 sq mi.

This site is located in Schuylkill County County, Pennsylvania at 40.67286365000000 degrees latitude and -76.6149627000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)" and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 621 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Global Positioning System." is 20 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Nutrient 1998 - 1998
Physical 1998 - 1998
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-PA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-01555378
MonitoringLocationName Mahantango Creek at Rough and Ready, PA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02050301
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 34.37
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 40.67286365000000
LongitudeMeasure -76.6149627000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 621
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 20
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Global Positioning System.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 107
ProviderName NWIS