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Water Quality Samples for Pennsylvania
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.
Parameter Code |
Count | Begin Date |
End Date |
Parameter Code Complete Name |
---|---|---|---|---|
00002 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Location in cross section, distance from right bank looking upstream, percent |
00005 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Location in cross section, fraction of total depth, percent |
00010 | 6 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Temperature, water, degrees Celsius |
00070 | 4 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Turbidity, water, unfiltered, Jackson Turbidity Units |
00080 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Color, water, filtered, platinum cobalt units |
00095 | 6 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius |
00191 | 14 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Hydrogen ion, water, unfiltered, calculated, milligrams per liter |
00300 | 5 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter |
00310 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Biochemical oxygen demand, water, unfiltered, 5 days at 20 degrees Celsius, milligrams per liter |
00400 | 14 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units |
00405 | 14 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Carbon dioxide, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter |
00410 | 17 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Acid neutralizing capacity, water, unfiltered, fixed endpoint (pH 4.5) titration, field, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate |
00435 | 4 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Acidity, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate |
00436 | 5 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Mineral acidity, water, unfiltered, methyl orange endpoint (pH 3.1-4.4) titration, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate |
00437 | 6 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Carbon dioxide acidity, water, unfiltered, phenolphthalein endpoint (pH 8.5-9.0) titration, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate |
00440 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Bicarbonate, water, unfiltered, fixed endpoint (pH 4.5) titration, field, milligrams per liter |
00445 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Carbonate, water, unfiltered, fixed endpoint (pH 8.3) titration, field, milligrams per liter |
00500 | 10 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Total solids dried at 105 degrees Celsius, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter |
00505 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Loss on ignition of total solids, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter |
00510 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Total solids remaining after ignition, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter |
00530 | 12 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Suspended solids, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter |
00535 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Loss on ignition of suspended solids, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter |
00540 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Suspended solids remaining after ignition, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter |
00545 | 13 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Settleable solids, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter |
00550 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Oil and grease, water, unfiltered, recoverable, milligrams per liter |
00610 | 17 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Ammonia (NH3 + NH4+), water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as nitrogen |
00615 | 15 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Nitrite, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as nitrogen |
00618 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Nitrate, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as nitrogen |
00620 | 17 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Nitrate, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as nitrogen |
00650 | 5 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Phosphate, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as PO4 |
00660 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Orthophosphate, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as PO4 |
00665 | 11 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Phosphorus, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as phosphorus |
00671 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Orthophosphate, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as phosphorus |
00900 | 17 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Hardness, water, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate |
00902 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Noncarbonate hardness, water, unfiltered, field, milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate |
00915 | 8 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Calcium, water, filtered, milligrams per liter |
00925 | 8 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Magnesium, water, filtered, milligrams per liter |
00930 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Sodium, water, filtered, milligrams per liter |
00931 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), water, number |
00932 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Sodium fraction of cations, water, percent in equivalents of major cations |
00933 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Sodium plus potassium, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as sodium |
00935 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Potassium, water, filtered, milligrams per liter |
00940 | 29 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Chloride, water, filtered, milligrams per liter |
00945 | 31 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Sulfate, water, filtered, milligrams per liter |
00950 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Fluoride, water, filtered, milligrams per liter |
00951 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Fluoride, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter |
00955 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Silica, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as SiO2 |
01032 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Chromium(VI), water, filtered, micrograms per liter as Cr |
01034 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Chromium, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter |
01040 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Copper, water, filtered, micrograms per liter |
01042 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Copper, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter |
01045 | 34 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Iron, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter |
01046 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Iron, water, filtered, micrograms per liter |
01047 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Iron(II), water, filtered, micrograms per liter |
01051 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Lead, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter |
01055 | 8 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Manganese, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter |
01056 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Manganese, water, filtered, micrograms per liter |
01067 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Nickel, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter |
01077 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Silver, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter |
01092 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Zinc, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter |
01105 | 15 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Aluminum, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter |
01330 | 4 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Odor, atmospheric, severity, code |
01351 | 42 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Streamflow, severity, code |
38260 | 6 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Methylene blue active substances, water, unfiltered, recoverable, milligrams per liter |
50060 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Chlorine (total residual), water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter |
70300 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Dissolved solids dried at 180 degrees Celsius, water, filtered, milligrams per liter |
70301 | 2 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Dissolved solids, water, filtered, sum of constituents, milligrams per liter |
70303 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Dissolved solids, water, filtered, short tons per acre-foot |
70507 | 5 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Orthophosphate, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as phosphorus |
71840 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Chemical oxygen demand, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter |
71845 | 17 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Ammonia (NH3 + NH4+), water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter as NH4 |
71851 | 3 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Nitrate, water, filtered, milligrams per liter as nitrate |
71900 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Mercury, water, unfiltered, recoverable, micrograms per liter |
72000 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Altitude of land surface, feet |
72008 | 1 | 1928-10-27 | 1976-08-06 | Depth of well, feet below land surface datum |