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Groundwater levels 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 395254076205301 LN 1946

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Latitude  39°52'54", Longitude  76°20'53" NAD27
Land-surface elevation 565 feet above NGVD29
The depth of the well is 100 feet below land surface.
This well is completed in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers (N400PDMBRX) national aquifer.
This well is completed in the Wissahickon Formation, Albite Chlorite Schist (300WSCKA) local aquifer.
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code 		Water
level,
feet
below
land
surface		 Water
level,
feet
above
specific
vertical
datum		 Referenced
vertical
datum
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Status
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measurement
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agency
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status
1991-10-18 D62610 532.59NGVD291SUSGSSA
1991-10-18 D62611 531.73NAVD881SUSGSSA
1991-10-18 D7201932.41  1SUSGSSA

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SectionCodeDescription
Water-level date-time accuracyDDate is accurate to the Day
Parameter code62610Groundwater level above NGVD 1929, feet
Parameter code62611Groundwater level above NAVD 1988, feet
Parameter code72019Depth to water level, feet below land surface
Referenced vertical datumNAVD88North American Vertical Datum of 1988
Referenced vertical datumNGVD29National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
Status1Static
Method of measurementSSteel-tape measurement.
Measuring agencyUSGSU.S. Geological Survey
Source of measurementSMeasured by personnel of reporting agency.
Water-level approval statusAApproved for publication -- Processing and review completed.