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ROCK CREEK AT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (11NPSWRD_WQX-GETT_YCC_RCSTP) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "ROCK CREEK AT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GETT_YCC_RCSTP. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02070009.

This site is located in Adams County County, Pennsylvania at 39.8283889000 degrees latitude and -77.2181111000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-GETT_YCC_RCSTP" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1974 - 1974
Microbiological 1974 - 1974
Nutrient 1974 - 1974
Physical 1974 - 1974
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GETT_YCC_RCSTP
MonitoringLocationName ROCK CREEK AT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THIS STATION IS LOCATED ON THE GETTYSBURG PENNSYLVANIA ADAMS CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE DATA UPLOADED FOR THIS SITE ARE FROM 12 STATIONS ON ROCK CREEK LOCATED UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. THE LAT/LONG VALUES ARE THE COORDINATES OF THE TREATMENT PLANT. THE DATA ARE TAKEN FROM MISC. DOCUMENTS THAT PRESENT THE RESULTS OF A STREAM SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS STUDENTS IN 1974 AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO MONITOR THE IMPACT OF SEWAGE TREATMENT EFFLUENT ON THE WATER QUALITY OF ROCK CREEK. ALL ALKALINITY VALUES AND SELECTED PH; DO; AND FLOW VALUES FROM THE STUDY WERE NOT UPLOADED TO STORET DUE TO SUSPECTED SAMPLING AND/OR ANALYSIS ERROR. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT NATURAL RESOURCES AT GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK; 97 TANEYTOWN RD.; GETTYSBURG; PA 173251080. TEL (717) 3343777. THE DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY ERIC JANNEY OF THE NPS WATER RESOURCES DIVISION; 1201 OAK RIDGE DR. SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS; CO 80525. TEL (970) 2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 02070009
LatitudeMeasure 39.8283889000
LongitudeMeasure -77.2181111000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET