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USGS 01463500 Delaware River at Trenton NJ

 

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National Weather Service flood stage for this gage is 20 feet.

 
gage photoLOCATION. --Lat 40°13'18", long 74°46'41" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Trenton City, Mercer County, NJ, Hydrologic Unit 02040105, on left bank 450 ft upstream from Calhoun Street Bridge at Trenton, 0.5 mi upstream from Assunpink Creek, 0.9 mi north of Morrisville, PA, and at river mile 134.5.
DRAINAGE AREA. --6,780 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD. --February 1913 to current year. October 1912 to February 1913 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1302. Gage-height records collected in this vicinity since 1904 are contained in reports of the National Weather Service.
GAGE. --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft NGVD of 1929, and determined to be approximately -1.05 ft below NAVD of 1988 through the use of Vertcon. Prior to Sep 30, 1965, at datum 7.77 ft higher. Feb 24, 1913 to Oct 2, 1928, nonrecording gage on downstream side of highway bridge at site 450 ft downstream.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD. --Flood of Oct 11, 1903 reached an elevation of about 28.5 ft above NGVD of 1929, discharge, estimated at 295,000 ft3/s. Maximum elevation known, 30.6 ft above NGVD of 1929, Mar 8, 1904 (from floodmark; due to ice jam).
COOPERATION. --Funding for this gage is provided by the Delaware River Basin Commission, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District and the U.S. Geological Survey.

 
 
Available Parameters
All 8 Available Parameters for this site
00060 Discharge
00010 Temperature, water (Pennsylvania side)
00065 Gage height
00400 pH (Pennsylvania side)
00095 Specific cond at 25C (Pennsylvania side)
00301 Diss oxygen,%saturtn (Pennsylvania side)
00300 Dissolved oxygen (Pennsylvania side)
63680 Turbidity, Form Neph (YSI6136, PA side)

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 11,900   11-23-2009  17:15 EST
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Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Nov 23 based on 96 years of record more
Min
(1923)
20th
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Median Mean Most Recent
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80th
percen-
tile
Max
(1953)
1720 4170 8820 11800 11,900 17300 75400

Temperature, Pennsylvania side, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 8.9   11-23-2009  17:00 EST
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Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 9.89   11-23-2009  17:15 EST
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pH, Pennsylvania side, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.5   11-23-2009  17:00 EST
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Specific conductance, Pennsylvania side, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 154   11-23-2009  17:00 EST
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Dissolved oxygen, Pennsylvania side, water, unfiltered, percent of saturation
Most recent instantaneous value: 102   11-23-2009  17:00 EST
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Dissolved oxygen, Pennsylvania side, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 11.8   11-23-2009  17:00 EST
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +/ -2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units YSI6136, PA side (FNU)
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.7   11-23-2009  17:00 EST
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