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Water Quality Samples for Pennsylvania

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[!] Over the next year, the USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center will be updating the geodetic vertical elevation (gage datum) for many locations. Click HERE for additional information including a current list of streamgages with upcoming datum changes. This update in gage datum does not affect the location of the streamgage, nor the observed local gage height or discharge recorded at the streamgage.



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USGS 01537000 Toby Creek at Luzerne, PA

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hydrologic Unit Code 02050107
Latitude  41°16'51", Longitude  75°53'46" NAD27
Drainage area 32.40  square miles
Gage datum 574.60 feet above NGVD29
Output formats
Parameter Group Period of Record table
Inventory of available water-quality data for printing
Inventory of water-quality data with retrieval
Tab-separated data, one result per row
Tab-separated data one sample per row with remark codes combined with values
Tab-separated data one sample per row with tab-delimiter for remark codes
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Sample
Datetime
Time
datum
 
Time
datum
reliability
code
 
Sample
Medium
Code
 
Agency
Collecting
Sample,
Code
 



Temper-
ature,
water,
deg C
(00010)


Instan-
taneous
dis-
charge,
ft3/s
(00061)




Turbid-
ity,
JTU
(00070)
Specif-
ic
conduc-
tance,
wat unf
uS/cm @
25 degC
(00095)
Hydro-
gen
ion,
water,
unfltrd
calcd,
mg/L
(00191)



Dis-
solved
oxygen,
mg/L
(00300)

COD,
low
level,
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
(00335)

pH,
water,
unfltrd
field,
std
units
(00400)


Carbon
dioxide
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
(00405)
ANC,
wat unf
fixed
end pt,
field,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00410)
Mineral
acidity
wat unf
methyl
orange,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00436)
CO2
acidity
wat unf
phthaln
end pt,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00437)

Oil
and
grease,
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
(00550)

Total
nitro-
gen,
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
(00600)

Organic
nitro-
gen,
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
(00605)


Ammonia
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
as N
(00610)


Nitrite
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
as N
(00615)


Nitrate
water
unfltrd
mg/L
as N
(00620)
Ammonia
+
org-N,
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
as N
(00625)
Nitrate
+
nitrite
water
unfltrd
mg/L
as N
(00630)

Phos-
phorus,
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
as P
(00665)


Organic
carbon,
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
(00680)


Hard-
ness,
water,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00900)
Noncarb
hard-
ness,
wat unf
field,
mg/L as
CaCO3
(00902)



Calcium
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00915)


Magnes-
ium,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00925)


Chlor-
ide,
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00940)



Sulfate
water,
fltrd,
mg/L
(00945)



Arsenic
water,
unfltrd
ug/L
(01002)



Cadmium
water,
unfltrd
ug/L
(01027)
Chrom-
ium,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01034)

Copper,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01042)

Iron,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01045)

Lead,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01051)
Manga-
nese,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01055)

Silver,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01077)

Zinc,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01092)
Alum-
inum,
water,
unfltrd
recover
-able,
ug/L
(01105)


Dis-
charge,
instan-
taneous
m3/s
(30209)
Fecal
coli-
form,
M-FC
0.7u MF
cfu/
100 mL
(31625)
Dis-
solved
solids
dried @
180degC
wat flt
mg/L
(70300)


Dis-
solved
solids,
water,
ton/d
(70302)

Dis-
solved
solids,
water,
tons/
acre-ft
(70303)



Ammonia
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
(71845)
Total
nitro-
gen,
water,
unfltrd
mg/L
as NO3
(71887)
1976-01-21 15:15
EST
T
WS
PA-DER
0.0 22 1 70 0.00004 12.0   7.4 1.2 16 0.0 0.0       0.070 0.092 0.94     0.060   42   8.80 5.00 7.0 20.0         20           0.62         0.090  
1976-02-17 09:00
EST
T
WS
PA-DER
3.5 253 15 90 0.00040 13.2   6.4 12 16 0.0 0.0       0.200 0.068 1.32     0.160   26   8.80 1.00 18.0 16.0         1040           7.2         0.257  
1976-03-08 14:30
EST
T
WS
PA-DER
5.0 40 2 140   10.8       26 0.0 0.0       0.540 0.106 1.40     0.300   84   12.8 13.0 19.0 2.0         180           1.1         0.695  
1976-04-19 14:30
EST
T
WS
PA-DER
20.0 22 3 160 0.00005 9.1   7.3 2.9 30 0.0 0.0       0.760 0.124 1.60     0.610   66   16.0 6.50 22.0 18.0         250           0.62         0.979  
1976-05-17 10:45
EDT
T
WS
PA-DER
15.0 72 55 150 0.00002 9.8   7.7 0.9 24 0.0 0.0       0.270 0.076 1.02     0.450   54   10.4 7.00 17.0 16.0         4650           2.0         0.348  
1976-06-22 15:15
EDT
T
WS
PA-DER
20.0 102 25 140 0.00016 10.0   6.8 7.4 24 0.0 0.0       0.130 0.048 1.09     0.610   40   11.2 3.00 14.0 24.0         1970           2.9         0.167  
1976-08-23 15:15
EDT
T
WS
PA-DER
24.0 18 6 210 0.00016 10.0   6.8 11 34   0.0       0.060 0.048 1.18     0.620   55   152 4.30 25.0 20.0         1090           0.51         0.077  
1978-05-16 14:00
EDT
T
WS

13.0 40600 150 140 0.00004 10.6 40 7.4         0.0 1.6 1.2 0.050     1.2 0.430 0.330 9.2   12         1 U  20 20 21000 M  520 U  70 12000 1150 1000 93 10200 0.13 0.064 7.2

Water Quality Remark Code Description
M Presence verified but not quantified
U Analyzed for but not detected