Streamflow and water-quality data for Little Clearfield Creek basin, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, December 1987-November 1988. Open File Report

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:7033540

Kostelnik, K M; Durlin, R R

Streamflow and water-quality data were collected throughout the Little Clearfield Creek basin, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, from December 1987 through November 1988, to determine the existing quality of surface water over a range of hydrologic conditions. The data will assist the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources during its review of coal-mine permit applications. A water-quality station near the mouth of Little Clearfield Creek provided continuous-record of stream stage, pH, specific conductance, and water temperature. Monthly water-quality samples collected at the station were analyzed for total and dissolved metals, nutrients, major cations, and suspended-sediment concentrations. Seventeen partial-record sites, located throughout the basin, were similarly sampled four times during the study. Streamflow and water-quality data obtained at these sites during a winter base flow, a spring storm event, a low summer base flow, and a more moderate summer base flow also are presented.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Harrisburg, PA (United States). Water Resources Div.
• OSTI ID: 7033540
• Report Number(s): PB-92-203934/XAB; USGS/OFR--89/247; CNN: OSM-CT87-35140
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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