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Elk Creek US from Little Elk Creek near Girard, PA (USGS-04213072) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center (identifier USGS-PA), has the name "Elk Creek US from Little Elk Creek near Girard, PA" and has the identifier USGS-04213072. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04120101. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 57.0 sq mi.

This site is located in Erie County County, Pennsylvania at 41.98250000000000 degrees latitude and -80.2667500000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is .5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 712 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Light Detection And Ranging, airplane" is 2.0 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-04213072" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2019 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2019 - 2019
Organics, Other 2019 - 2019
Organics, Pesticide 2019 - 2019
Physical 2019 - 2019
*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 USGS-PA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-04213072
MonitoringLocationName Elk Creek US from Little Elk Creek near Girard, PA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 04120101
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 57.0
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 41.98250000000000
LongitudeMeasure -80.2667500000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 712
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 2.0
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Light Detection And Ranging, airplane
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 049
ProviderName NWIS